History Today

What relevance do the Norman Conquest and the events of 1066 have to contemporary British politics? Everything and nothing.

Fleeing his father’s empire, an Afghan prince travelled from Kabul to Sindh via Mecca, becoming a fugitive, courtier and pilgrim in the process.

Easter Island’s stone ancestors carry messages for the gods.

Discovering the deep roots of the cheese plant.

Charlotte Corday killed Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793.

Switzerland was a hub for China’s spy networks in the Cold War. 

Civil War politics amongst MPs and the New Model Army.

A history of the Philippines’ 7,000 islands from the pre-colonial era to the present day.

A Ghanaian moment in Africa’s struggle to repatriate its art.