The Malmesbury Elections of 1698 and 1701
The powerful influence exercised by Thomas, Lord Wharton, before the Reform Act of 1832.
History Today
Rethinking Napoleon’s Roots
How far did Napoleon’s Corsican childhood and his father’s role in the island’s brief period of autonomy influence his later life?
A Fair on the Frozen Thames
A three-month frost fair began on 24 November 1715.
The Greatest Civilisation Ever Forgotten?
The civilisation that arose in the Indus valley around 5,000 years ago was only discovered in the early 20th century. Andrew Robinson looks at what we know about this extraordinary culture.
Books of the Year 2015
From Aristotle to El Alamein, via the Silk Road and Charlemagne's vast empire, ten leading historians tell us about their best books from 2015.
Cadbury’s Congo Mission
Seconded to central Africa following the outbreak of the Second World War, John Cadbury became a master of logistics in one of the world’s toughest environments, as David Birmingham reveals.
Obituary: Nicholas Henshall
Inspirational schoolmaster who became a leading scholar of 18th-century Europe.
Dust Bowl Blues
A photograph taken during the Great Depression prompts Roger Hudson to re-evaluate Roosevelt’s New Deal.
Death of Justinian I
The Byzantine emperor died in Constantinople on 14 November 565.
Corruption and Anti-Corruption in Britain
We may know it when we see it, but corruption is not a fixed concept. Mark Knights explains how 300 years of scandal have forged perceptions of what is – and what is not – corrupt.