Volume: 62 Issue: 7

The recent killing of British soldiers by their Afghan allies echoes events of the 19th century, writes Rob Johnson.

The Jews of Algeria had lived side by side with Muslims for centuries, but the struggle for Algerian independence presented them with stark choices, as Martin...

Christopher Hale reports on a long campaign to discover the truth about the killing of Malayan villagers by British troops in 1948.

Antony Beevor, author of a new account of the Second World War, talks to Roger Moorhouse about the importance of narrative and why he thinks new technology is not...

Roger Hudson examines a photograph from 1920 taken on the eve of a profound split on the French Left.

As the democratic franchise expanded in the 19th century, British historians were eager to offer an informed view of the past to the new electorate. We need...

As the Eurozone countries wrestle with the fate of the single currency, Mark Ronan discovers parallels in Wagner’s Ring cycle.

The chain of events that led to the rule of Saddam Hussein began with the murder on July 14th, 1958 of the 23-year-old King Faisal. Antony Hornyold was a junior...

A selection of readers' correspondence with the editor, Paul Lay.

In 1573 Catherine de’ Medici successfully campaigned for her third son, Henri, Duke of Anjou, to be elected to the throne of Poland. Robert J. Knecht tells the...

The romantic ‘braveheart’ image of Scotland’s past lives on. But, as Christopher A. Whatley shows, a more nuanced ‘portrait of the nation’ is emerging, one that...

During the Napoleonic Wars Britain occupied the strategically important island of Sicily. Most of its inhabitants, tired of long-distance Bourbon rule, welcomed...

Mathew Lyons finds stimulation in an allusive article on Sir Walter Ralegh, first published in History Today in 1998.

A classic children's book was born on July 4th, 1862.

Patricia Cleveland-Peck tells the story of Fanny Calderón de la Barca and her life as an author, ambassador’s wife and governess to the Spanish royal family.

Japan flexed its muscles and launched a full-scale invasion of China following an incident on July 7th, 1937.

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The illustrious champion of science was created on July 15th, 1662.

Ann Natanson visits an exhibition in Rome that highlights the papacy’s interaction with major figures of European history.

The life and times of James Henry Breasted, one of the foremost communicators of Egyptology to general audiences.

A definitve biography of the "whey-faced master of terror" that is unlikely to be bettered.

A rare examination into the life of one of the Third Reich's most imporant, yet less well known, figures.

Our Book Choice recommendation for July is Tower: An Epic History of the Tower of London (Windmill Books) by Nigel Jones. Here the author discusses his...

Disentangling the distinctive contribution made by Scotland to the British Empire.

The latest volume of Dominic Sandbrooks' panoramic social history of Britain covers the late Seventies and the dawn of Thatcher.