History Today

John Keegan

Daniel Snowman talks to Britain’s most distinguished military historian and the Defence Editor of the Daily Telegraph.

Word Searchers

Jane Griffiths and Edmund Weiner tell of plans to bring the Oxford English Dictionary up to date and how historians can help.

The Dutch in Japan

Paul Doolan describes the unique 400-year-long trading, intellectual and artistic contacts between the Dutch and the Japanese.

The Public Record Office

Britain’s national archive of official documents and the ways in which it is developing to meet the changing needs of its users