What Have the Romans Done for Us?
Not content with bringing aqueducts, sanitation and roads, the Romans transformed Britain’s flora and fauna.
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History Today Quiz: July
Test your history knowledge in the monthly History Today quiz.
On the Spot: Matthew Sweet
‘What’s the most important lesson history has taught me? It’s not about you.’
The Hitlers in the United States
The Nazi persecution of Jews shaped the African-American freedom struggle, inviting comparisons between Jim Crow and the unfolding Holocaust.
Can You Keep a Secret?
A hidden network of 17th-century female spies
The History of the Picnic
The first picnics were a favourite pastime of the aristocracy, and purely indoor affairs. In the 19th century, the emergent middle classes moved lunch outdoors.
Longman-History Today Awards 2019: The Winners
All the winners from this year's awards ceremony.
The Lost Voice of Notre-Dame
The devastating fire at Notre-Dame destroyed more than just bricks.
The Bengal Famine of 1943
Starvation and disease killed millions in British India during the Second World War. Why?
In purgatory with Dante
The pursuit of astronomical study led a Victorian woman from Surrey to the Indian foothills.