Paul Lay

Paul Lay fears that, despite apparently healthy sales figures, there is trouble on the horizon for the history book.

This month we have questions on Japan's puppet state in Manchuria, Indian self-rule and the 'Grand Old Man' of politics.

A valuable and unusual addition to the many volumes on London.

In attacking Mary Beard because of her looks, A.A. Gill has drawn attention away from what might have been interesting criticisms.

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

Paul Lay responds to the suggestion that we should dismiss Eric Hobsbawm because of his pro-Communist sympathies.

Paul Lay is impressed by a new book that illustrates Britain's historical and present-day ignorance over China.

The author of Red Heat: Conspiracy, Murder and the Cold War in the Caribbean discusses her work with Paul Lay.

Paul Lay is mostly underwhelmed by the current crop of factual historical programmes on television.

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

Paul Lay considers the overwhelming number of new historical novels, and argues that there's no substitute for writing about 'real' history.

A troubling account by Gideon Rathman in the Financial Times of how the country's history is being taught to Chinese students.

The mysterious death of Alexander the Great, remembering the Titanic and the beginnings of India's Mughal Empire: a preview of our April issue.