A new book tackles some of the myths around the Gallipoli campaign, while a set of memoirs offers a contemporary account.

Our weekly round-up of history headlines and other interesting things we've read over the past seven days.

How did a quintessential German scholar become an anglicised architectural pundit, broadcaster and national treasure?

Jeremy Paxman's book on Britain's imperial story is an idiosyncratic, droll but ultimately useful introduction to the subject.

Listen to our editor discuss the riots in Athens, and historical aspects of rioting in general.

All of recorded history, from the Big Bang to the present day, in this ambitious, if flawed, app.

Two new books show that 16th-century history is about more than Henry VIII.

Intelligence is the hidden hand of history, as three new books demonstrate.

The latest ebook from the files of History Today, on the history of booze, is available from Amazon now.

The best of Noël Coward in video and audio.

A 'charming book' which provides an insight into life in Early Modern England at a time of enormous stress.

This large landscape shaped book draws on Philip Davies' bestselling Lost London, whilst also featuring previously unseen photographs.