History Today

The queen gave her last speech to Parliament on November 30th, 1601.

L.W. Cowie describes the wedding of Prince Arthur and Catherine of Aragon on November 14th, 1501.

Paul Preston looks at the continued interest in the 1930s conflict, the subject of a new exhibition at the Imperial War Museum.

Jason Edwards takes a fresh look at attitudes to the nude in Victorian art, to coincide with Tate Britain's major exhibition on the subject opening this month.

Richard Overy argues that the lesson Hitler Drew from 1914-18 was not that a major war should be avoided, but that Germany should prepare more systematically so that, next time, she would win.

Richard Wilkinson considers the character and standing of the much-despised Nazi Foreign Minister.

Paul Brassley puts MAFF's policy towards Foot and Mouth Disease into historical perspective.

Tom Griffiths continues our series on History and the Environment, travelling into the longue durée of the Australian past.

In 1945 Tito wrote. ‘We mean to make Yugoslavia both democratic and independent’. How was this possible, asks Basil Davidson, for a war-torn Communist country in a world of super-powers?

Ron Noon explains the birth and examines the impact of a potent symbol of free enterprise.