History Today

The first successful unaided swim of the English Channel began on 24 August 1875.

Sweltering British imperialists relied on an army of fan bearers, whose stories are as invisible as the air they circulated.

1964 was the first time Indians were mentioned in a State of the Union address, not as belligerent enemies or a 'problem'.

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.