From The Current Issue
 Britain's Libel Laws: Malice AforethoughtMihir Bose recalls a classic case highlighting the problems with Britain’s antiquated libel laws. |
 Russia's First EmbassiesTrade was the impetus for early contacts between Russia and England, though each country had its own view of how the relationship should function. Helen Szamuely examines the first two centuries of Russian embassies to London. |
 Teaching History: The Path to SalvationThe Whig interpretation of the past is a moral fable more akin to theology than history, argues Tim Stanley. |
From The Blogs
 Video: Operation Chastise, the Dambusters RaidThe famous Second World War operation took place on May 16th-17th, 1943. |
 In the June issue of History TodayEdwardian social media, a sexual scandal in the Dutch East Indies and why the British don't eat horsemeat: a preview of our June issue. |
 Winners of the Wolfson History Prize AnnouncedPaul Lay on the winners of the annual history prize, awarded to books that interest and engage both professional and lay historian. |
Book Reviews
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‘A surprise every tenth page, a shock every twentieth’: the working life of serial writer Herbert Allingham. |
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The story of Valentine Greatrakes, whose "miraculous" healing powers wowed restoration Britain. |
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An ambitious book outlines the circumstances in which history was produced, the objects it was intended to serve and the changing forms it took. |
More From History Today
Nigel Richardson discusses how European explorers in the 19th century began to solve the mysteries of the Maya civilisation. Listen using the player below, subscribe on iTunes or via RSS feed.
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Competitions & Pastimes
This month's quiz takes in Margaret Thatcher's political career, the origins of the mechanical clock and cricketing Prime Ministers.
Enter our crossword and win the audiobook A History of Private Life, written and read by Amanda Vickery.
May 2013
In this month's issue: Secret World of the Maya - Fiction and Imperialism - Goodbye to the 'Nazi's' - Russia's First Embassies - The Man Who Predicted The Great War
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