History Today

Roland Quinault finds alarming parallels for the recent London bomb attacks in the 1880s.

Rachel Sieder considers the role of ‘memory politics’ in Guatemala’s uncertain path to democracy as government and society attempt to come to terms with the brutality of the counter-insurgency war.

Andrew Fisher asks who William Wallace really was, and why he has become an icon of Scottish resistance to the English.

Bartholomew's Fair, which dates back to the 12th century, was held for the last time on September 3rd, 1855.

Following his re-election in 1952, Juan Peron was overthrown on September 19th, 1955.

Alison Barnes reveals a new discovery about the Eddystone lighthouse: the first of its kind to be built on rocks in the sea.

Max Adams investigates the truth behind the introduction of a key invention of the early Industrial Revolution.

Archaeologist Chris Scarre finds fascination in discovering the past by examining its material remains.

Looking back on the sixtieth anniversary of the surrender of Japan, Rana Mitter finds the political background to the demonstrations in China against Japanese history textbooks are full of complexities.

As thousands of pupils prepare for their exam results, Richard Willis describes the origins of school examinations in England.