History Today

G.H.L. LeMay documents the dramatic fall and resurrection of Lord John Russell's government.

W.R. Jeudwine accounts for the patrons, masters and masterpieces of the Northern Renaissance

Wilfrid Blunt explains the history of British flora's natives and invasives

Certain mysteries of pre-Saxon Britain are decoded by Jacquetta Hawkes 

John Rodgers pays a visit to the historical viking city of York

Lucy Inglis admires Nicholas Orme’s article on medieval childhood, first published in History Today in 2001.

In challenging times Britons seek comfort in a past that never existed. Tim Stanley shatters their illusions.

Pilgrims were a lucrative source of income for the Church and miracles did not come free. Adrian Bell and Richard Dale discover some striking parallels with modern marketing tactics in the management of shrines in the Middle Ages.

The recent introduction of police commissioners to England and Wales is supposed to bring the force closer to the people. But, asks Clive Emsley, where is the evidence for that?

Syrie Maugham was a businesswoman and beauty whose interior designs became a sensation on both sides of the Atlantic. However her relationships with a series of prominent men left her personal life in tatters. Frances Larson tells her story.