‘Gentlemen of Uncertain Fortune’ by Rory Muir review
How, in Jane Austen’s England, sons without a fortune tried to find one.
History Today
Policing the Windrush Generation
Police brutality and stop-and-search are yet another legacy of Empire.
The Unravelling of Sino-Japanese Relations
The story of China and Japan, and the periodic efforts to find a modus vivendi.
The End of British Communism
It was not the Nazi-Soviet Pact, but the ‘Party line’, which brought an end to the era of ‘fellow travellers’, 80 years ago.
The Cows Behind the Cowboy
The human cost and conflict behind ‘beef for everyone’.
Insurgency and Dissent on the Home Front
Documenting the men and women who took a stand against the imperial tide.
Famine Within Reach
How China’s landscape prevented even greater losses in the Great Famine.
History Today Quiz: November
Which presidents are depicted on Mount Rushmore? Who apologised for dying?
Is it the Duty of Historians to Correct National Mythologies?
In an age when nationalism is on the rise, the role of the historian becomes ever more valuable – and controversial.
Travels Through Time: Stalemate on the Western Front
In this podcast, Simon Heffer reflects on the year 1916, as conscription was introduced and the Battle of the Somme claimed huge casualties.