History Today

Janet MacDonald looks at the surprisingly good rations that kept the Jack-Tars jolly.

The self-styled tribune of the Roman Republic, Cola di Rienzo, was murdered by an angry mob, on October 8th, 1354.

The grandson of William the Conqueror died on 25 October 1154.

Sami Abouzahr untangles US policy towards France at the time of the Marshall Plan and the war in Indochina.

Claudius died on 13 October AD 54. Roman opinion was convinced that Agrippina had poisoned him.

Richard Cavendish visits Penshurst Place, home to the Sidney and Shelley families.

John Hannavy looks at panoramas of the siege of Sevastopol in the Crimean War.

With Millennium reshowing on UKTV History, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto offers an ecological look at the world in the 19th century.

Emily Mayhew tells the story of the heroic RAF pilots who overcame horrific burns and formed ‘the most exclusive Club in the world’, and of Archibald McIndoe, the plastic surgeon who helped them.