History Today

Richard Cavendish remembers the royal favourite who died on June 19th, 1312.

From Captain Cook to playboy Prince Bertie, Tessa Dunlop examines the appeal of the tattoo among high society.

Roger Hudson on a moment in the story of Scottish emigration captured in 1923.

Nicola Phillips reports from a recent London conference that looked at the ways in which new technology is changing local and family history.

A public spat between a historian and a writer shows why some subject matter deserves special reverence, says Tim Stanley.

Jonathan Fenby on the long history behind the rapid demise of one of the brightest lights in China’s political firmament.

Chris Millington says we shouldn’t be surprised by the Front national’s show of strength in the recent French elections.

Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female Prime Minister on May 4th, 1979. Some other firsts claimed by those occupying the country's highest office.

Mihir Bose asks why sport has become so central to modern culture.

Britain and the United States may have been on the same side during the Second World War, but cinematic representations of the conflict could stir controversy between them, as Jeffrey Richards explains.