Head to Head

Bede wrote that the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes invaded Britain en masse in the fifth century. Does the evidence agree?

All national histories are contentious and partial. What are the defining themes in Australia’s story?

The Slavery Abolition Act was passed by Parliament in 1833. What was really behind Britain’s moment of moral enlightenment?

We know that people in the past felt, but not what, how, or why. Is emotional history recoverable?

The Norman Conquest is credited with reshaping England, but was 1066 really all that?

From 1517, when Luther’s 95 Theses sparked schism and bloodshed, the Protestant Reformation divided Europe. Can we say when – or if – the conflict concluded?

75 years is a long time in public history: the bridge between academia and the general reader appears to have widened since History Today was launched, but in what ways?

Finished by the First World War and buried under the nation states that succeeded it, the Habsburg monarchy had survived for centuries despite its obvious faultlines. What held it together?

In November 2025 we reach 25 years of continuous human presence in space. Did reaching orbit alter the trajectory of the planet below?

The climate crisis is a hot topic, but what does it mean to study the history of our relationship with the natural world?