History Today

A creature, part human, part machine, was born of a desire to end the tragedy and waste of the Great War. 

As politicians consider the introduction of a sugar tax to improve the nation’s health, Harry Cunningham recalls a tragic incident from 1858, which forced the British government to rethink its regulation of pharmacists.

The belief that a king’s laying on of hands could cure the disfiguring disease of scrofula gained new heights of popularity during the Restoration, as Stephen Brogan explains.

The British newspaper revolutionised the market by appealing to female readers, even though its attitude towards sexual politics has often been ambivalent, argues Adrian Bingham.

The Independent State of Croatia was founded on 10 April 1941.

Long overshadowed by the Revolution and the Second World War, there is renewed interest in the earlier, imperialist conflict.

The career of the brilliant physiologist Brown-Séquard is a reminder of the perils of scientific innovation.

The Mongol leader's encounter with a mystical beast marked him as a great leader, but says at least as much about his adviser.

The churchmen and leader of the Oxford Movement died on March 29th 1866.

Yuan Shikai's short-lived reign as Chinese emperor ended on March 22nd, 1916.