History Today

Peter Stevens on the voyage of the Catalpa.

David Chandler considers what qualities a top soldier needs to be a winner.

A.D. Harvey celebrates the 150th birthday of The Field.

Bernard Hamilton unravels the complex tale of the spread of the Christian faith and its competing hierarchies.

Ian Graham celebrates the efforts of the archaeologist and photographer in opening up for study the Mayan civilisation of central America.

John Walton looks at the hidden problems of crowd safety off the pitch in England in the first half of the twentieth century.

Gavin Menzies explains how a life as a submarine commander gave rise to the revolutionary notion that Europeans were not the first to sail round the globe.

Andrew Barclay marks the 300th anniversary of the death of William III.

Luke McKernan introduces the British Universities Newsreel Database, together with plans for its development.

As a new channel dedicated to history opens up in the UK, Tom Stearn excoriates current fashion and points the way to a more historical past on TV.