History Today

Commemoration of the Peterloo massacre remembers the dead, but also promotes future democratic change.

The author’s trips to Cuba had an impact on more than just literature.

The Polish volunteer who infiltrated Auschwitz.

Radicals and revolutionaries found inspiration in the study of Greece and Rome.

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A personal interpretation of France under two occupations, reissued as a Modern Classic.

The story of Orpheus and Eurydice is a myth of enduring love that has inspired artists, writers and composers for centuries.

A new book is a paean to American capitalism.

Recent press coverage of a cave filled with ‘witch marks’ misses the point.