History Today

Geoffrey Grigson explores how a variety of views of Stonehenge has surfaced, and re-surfaced, in popular literature over time.

Henry Bashford traces the development of a key aspect of modern medicine.

D.W. Brogan pays a historical visit to the city of light in the first half of the twentieth century.

Max Beloff profiles the "real author of the Constitution" and one of the most extraordinary of the USA's Founding Fathers.

Cyrill Falls describes how a succession of rebellions challenged a sodden but sturdy English soldiery in late 16th century Ireland.

W.R. Jeudwine unearths the 17th century roots of France's age-old struggle for influence and power in the province of Lorraine.

Alan Bullock ruminates on the role of historians in Western society.

A.L. Lloyd pays an historical visit to the capital of north-eastern England.

Celebration of Christmas was curtailed by England’s Puritan republic but the methods and results varied considerably.