Cambodia’s Crimes Unpunished
Confronting the country's darkest hour and looking for answers.
History Today
A History of Haggis
The origins of haggis are as mysterious as the Loch Ness Monster.
Books of the Year 2019
Covering Hong Kong, the anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, porcine inebriation and the Battle of Algiers, nine historians select their favourite books of the past year.
The Nuclear Taboo
The need to preserve alliances was a compelling reason not to use nuclear weapons in Vietnam.
December Quiz
Who was the ‘Father of History’? Do you know which was the first city to be bombed from the air?
Beyond Profit
The Dutch role in the slave trade cannot be dismissed as a matter of numbers.
Travels Through Time: Bloodshed and Confusion in India
How did the East India Company become ‘an empire within an empire’?
Stauffenberg: Portrait of a Plotter
The views and actions of the man who tried to kill Hitler.
Gossiping with the Dead
At what point does memoir become biography and biography become history?
Securing Antarctica by Treaty
The Antarctic Treaty on the governance of the ‘white continent’, signed in 1959, became a trailblazing model for the world. But the future of Antarctica remains contentious.