Paul Lay

The English taste for wine, Syria's troubled past and the Prince of Dandies: a preview of our July issue.

Niall Ferguson's suggestion that John Maynard Keynes was concerned only with the present doesn't stand up to scrutiny, argues  Paul Lay.

Guy Atkins discusses the postcard mania of the Edwardian period.

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

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. 

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

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.

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

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

Derek Wilson discusses the future Henry VII's years in exile, and how this influenced his exercise of power after he seized the English throne.