Edwardian social media, a sexual scandal in the Dutch East Indies and why the British don't eat horsemeat: a preview of our June issue.

Paul Lay on the winners of the annual history prize, awarded to books that interest and engage both professional and lay historian. 

In this video slideshow, Guy Atkins introduces the Edwardian postcard, which, with its brevity and speed of reply, was the social media of its day.

The adventures of Johnson and Boswell through history: the first of a new cartoon series for History Today.

This month's quiz takes in Margaret Thatcher's political career, the origins of the mechanical clock and cricketing Prime Ministers.

The indespensible guide to Britain's architectural heritage is now available as an app for iPhone and iPad.

The founding of the great city by the Dutch, and other New York firsts.

The question of how to engage students in the classroom has been going on for years, finds Paul Lay.

Newsreel footage from the day prime minister Mohammad Mossadegh nationalised his country's oil.

Hugh Fraser looks at one of Russia's more memorable female protestors, Maria Spiridonova.

George Washington's famous crossing of the Delaware River is ruined by health and safety restrictions in this cartoon by Rob Murray.

Paul Reynolds discusses the life of Jan Bloch who, in 1901, foresaw the likely carnage that would be the outcome of a war in Europe.