History Today

Narrative historian and festival organiser Derek Wilson looks back over half a century of popularising history

Charles Allen challenges the accepted account of a tragic massacre that took place in Tibet a century ago this month.

Paul Shirley describes the freedom struggles of African Americans in the Bahamas after the American War of Independence.

William D. Rubinstein ascribes the bitterness of historians’ arguments to the lack of an agreed definition and to political agendas.

Robert Bartlett delves into the Vatican archives to resuscitate a remarkable tale of execution and resurrection in 13th-century south Wales.

John Strachan looks at women and advertising in late Georgian England.

Andrew Bridgeford argues that we have failed to appreciate the ingenuity and complexity of the story depicted by the Bayeux Tapestry.

The Duke of Burgundy, named 'bold' for his bravery at the age of 14 in the Battle of Poitiers, died on April 27th, 1404.

Ann Matear examines the continuing pursuit of justice after Pinochet’s dictatorship.

Michael Robertson tells how a group of lower-middle-class men in late-Victorian England found the American poet an inspiration in their desire to reconcile spirituality, science and socialism.