Our May issue is out now for the iPad, Kindle Fire and Android tablets, alongside Blackberry devices and Windows Surface.

Nigel Richardson discusses how European explorers in the 19th century began to solve the mystery of who the Maya were, and how they established their remarkable civilisation.

Mayan mysteries, the fiction of imperialism and the man who predicted the Great War: a preview of our next issue

Roland Quinault offers an appraisal of the Iron Lady's legacy.

Images from the British Museum's new exhibition.

The great conflagration, with Nero playing his lyre, as reimagined by Rob Murray.

In this month's quiz we have a questions on everything from 'muckraking' journalists to the Gunpowder Plot.

Alexander Lee finds a "lip-smacking smorgasbord of Tudor delights" in the work of William Shakespeare.

The winner of our caption comptetition from the January issue of History Today.

Christopher Winn recounts the famous sayings of the most oft-quoted of British heroes, Horatio Nelson.

Paul Lay reflects on a recent trip to Naples, the closest thing Europe has to a living, breathing medieval city.

Our latest ebook explores the close relationship between music and history