History Today

Simon Kitson highlights the conflicting demands made on the police in postwar France.

Pamela Spencer introduces the new museum on St Helena and provides a brief insight into the history of the island on its 500th anniversary.

Paul Cartledge sees ancient Spartan society and its fierce code of honour as something still relevant today.

Robert Pearce examines the latest trends in university history.

Mike Finn looks at the Liverpool press to find out what people back home were told about conditions on the Western Front.

With the forthcoming Commonwealth Games in mind, Nigel Burton looks back at the 1911 Festival of Empire and the concept of an 'Inter-Empire Games.

Arthur of Brittany was captured on August 1st, 1202.

One of the most admired and reviled film makers in the history of cinema was born on August 22nd, 1902.

Jonathan Hughes looks at the significance, in alchemical terms, of this reign, and what the King himself made of alchemical prophecy.

Craig Clunas considers what we can learn of the society of Ming China by looking at how paintings were used as gifts.