The Civil Wars
In recent decades few fields of historical inquiry have produced as rich a body of work as the British Civil Wars. Sarah Mortimer offers a guide to the latest scholarship.
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Bishops, Kings and Queens
Today, choosing a new Archbishop of Canterbury is a relatively straightforward process. It was not always so, as Katherine Harvey explains.
First Fatalities
William Huskisson was the first person to die in a railway accident.
Water Crises in the Ancient World
The need to manage the water supply has always been a driver of human history, argues Steven Mithen.
The Hobbit’s publication day
Bilbo Baggins first strode onto the world stage on September 21st, 1937.
The founder of Rothschild’s dies in Frankfurt
Mayer Amschel Rothschild died on September 19th 1812.
Interview: Jonathan Steinberg
The full text of Jonathan Steinberg's interview with History Today editor Paul Lay.
Ireland Rising
In our final round up of histories of the nations that make up the British Isles – or, if you prefer, the Atlantic Archipelago – Maria Luddy examines an event which shaped 20th-century Ireland, the 1916 Dublin Easter Rising.
Florence Nightingale and Mary Seacole: Nursing's Bitter Rivalry
In recent years the reputation of Mary Seacole as a pioneering nurse of the Crimean War has been elevated far beyond the bounds of her own ambition. Meanwhile that of Florence Nightingale has taken an undeserved knocking, as Lynn McDonald explains.