Joséphine de Beauharnais Born in Martinique
The future French empress was born on June 23rd, 1763.
History Today
The English Reformation
The study of the religious upheavals that took place in England during the 16th and 17th centuries has proved one of the most provocative areas of recent scholarship. Alec Ryrie looks at some of the key works of recent years.
In Focus: Bicycle Battalions
Peering through the pines, a German cycle company of the First World War is captured on camera. Roger Hudson explains.
Burying Our Complex Past
When major political figures die, history is put on hold and the simplicities of myth take over, argues Tim Stanley.
Thinking Inside The Box
Jonathan Conlin considers a 1990 article on the past, present and future of history broadcasting, whose pessimistic forecasts have not quite come to pass.
The Horse: England's Sacred Beast?
The English aversion to eating horse flesh, recently highlighted in a number of food scandals, dates back to the coming of Christianity, as Jordan Claridge explains.
The Edwardian Social Network
Guy Atkins explains what made the postcard such an extraordinary and successful phenomenon of the early 20th century and draws parallels with today’s social media.
A Woman’s Place is in the Commons
From Nancy Astor to Ellen Wilkinson, Britain’s formidable first female MPs might have given Margaret Thatcher a run for her money.
Emily Wilding Davison: The Good Terrorist
The motives behind Emily Wilding Davison’s fateful actions at the Epsom Derby are still debated – and so is their impact on the Suffragette movement.
‘In Greece, and for Greece’
Lord Byron’s death there in April 1824 created an enduring legend. But the real story of the poet’s mission to help Greece in its revolution against Ottoman Turkish rule is one of hard-headed politics, which goes straight to the heart of the country’s present-day crisis, says Roderick Beaton.