History Today

A detailed account of the pageantry, expense and spectacle of the First Duke of Wellington's public funeral.

L.E. Harris shows how, by draining the Fens, Charles I hoped to replenish his Exchequer; but that the Dutch engineers he employed began a work that still continues.

Elizabeth Wiskemann writes that Bentinck’s achievements as British Minister in Sicily, and inspirer of Italian resistance to Napoleon in the years 1811-1814, suggest interesting parallels with recent conflicts.

Raymond Dawson reflects on 2,000 years of historical composition in China, beginning with Ssu-ma Ch’ien.

Christopher Lloyd documents some lesser known companions on the great voyager's journies.

Maurice Craig visits the Irish capital.

Hugh Latimer unearths the role of the rubber plant in the story of empire and Malayan nation-building.

Roger Hudson expands on a photograph of Enoch Powell campaigning in his Wolverhampton seat in 1970.

Geoffrey Grigson places the great English landscape artist in historical context.

C.E. Stevens searches the elusive world of ancient Britain.