Volume: 51 Issue: 4

Douglas Johnson, historian of France and HT academic board member, explains how a youthful attraction to libraries opened doors for him.

Roland Quinault adds to our Portrait of our Britain series by looking at the state of the islands immediately following the Second World War.

Susan Walker looks at our image of the great queen, as a major exhibition on her life opens at the British Museum.

 Lucy Marten-Holden, winner of the first Royal Historical Society / History Today award for the undergraduate dissertation of the year, explores the thinking behind...

David Lowenthal introduces our new series on History and the Environment with an overview of the subject and of human interaction with the world we inhabit.

Roy Porter discusses how the British Enlightenment paved the way for the modern world.

Daniel Snowman introduces our new anthology, published later this month by Sutton Publishers.

History Today was not the only exciting new publishing enterprise to be launched after a lengthy gestation in post-war Britain in 1951. The Pevsner Architectural...

Peter Burke describes how the study of visual sources has extended the range of historical enquiry.

Alexandra Walsham looks for the meaning of unusual phenomena widely reported across early modern Europe.

Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of an important Scandinavian battle, which originally took place on April 2nd, 1801

Japan's 124th Emperor was born on April 29th, 1901

Richard Cavendish provides a brief history of the Miss World contest, first won by Miss Sweden, Kiki Haakinson, on April 19th, 1951.

Tony Aldous looks at the genesis and reception of the Royal Festival Hall, like us celebrating its 50th anniversary this spring.