History Today

Mark Bryant looks at the work of the Punch artist whose drawings symbolized British anger over the Indian Mutiny and established his own reputation.

Richard Cavendish provides an overview of the life of Daphne du Maurier, who was born on May 13th, 1907.

Gerald Howson tells the tale of the Spanish republican who invented a jet engine and died during Franco’s coup.

A.J. Stockwell reviews a new collection of writings by Wm. Roger Louis.

After the Crucifixion, writes J.K. Elliott, the disciples had a vivid and personal feeling that Jesus was in some sense still with them.

Patricia Cleveland-Peck visits a Canadian city that looks to the future yet has an intriguing past.

Tobias Grey introduces a film about the North African soldiers in the Second World War which has taken France by storm, and is opening in Britain on March 30th.

Richard Hodges says the rubbish tips of Anglo-Saxon London and Southampton contain intriguing evidence of England’s first businessmen.

The Shakespeare First Folio is one of the iconic books in the cultural tradition of the West. Jonathan Bate explains why he is the first scholar for centuries to produce a proper edition of its text.

The Victoria and Albert Museum’s exhibition, ‘Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design’, opens on March 29th. Becky Conekin looks forward to it.