History Today

Beryl Williams marks the centenary of the revolutionary year 1905, and discusses the impact of the massacre outside the Winter Palace in St Petersburg, and the complex events throughout Russia that preceded and followed Bloody Sunday.

As the rest of Britain gears up for the sixtieth anniversary of VE Day on May 8th, Peter Tabb describes the last moments of the German Occupation of the Channel Islands, where the end of the War came twenty-four hours later.

Russell Chamberlin describes the revelations of a recent conference on the archaeology of Cleopatra’s Alexandria.

Mike Huggins investigates the origins of Britain’s morass of sporting rivalries.

The Roman emperor abdicated on May 1st, 305.

Kevin Kennedy highlights a controversial project to rebuild a one-time Prussian ‘national monument’.

Mihir Bose investigates the case of Subhas Chandra Bose in Bengal in 1924 to show what can happen when a government is able to lock people up on the suspicion of terrorism.

James Robertson investigates the Lord Protector’s ambitious plans for war with Spain in the Caribbean.

A mutual defence treaty between Communist states was signed on 14 May 1955.

Sarah Searight highlights the problem of pillaging for those trying to piece together Mali’s rich heritage.