History Today

The city of Ghent in modern Belgium, birthplace of Charles V, is currently celebrating the 500th anniversary of his birth on February 24th, 1500.

Charles II's mistress was born on February 2nd, 1650.

The radical Italian thinker was burned at the stake on February 17th, 1600.

R.C. Macleod re-tells the story of the force that began by policing the Klondike and ended by spying on separatists and 'subversives'.

Timothy Benson analyses the evolution of the love-hate relationship between Britain's greatest cartoonist and the outstanding politician of the age.

Sean Lang describes the changes in college history since the sixties and deplores the trend towards Hitler-dominated history.

The US Senator's anti-Communist 'Crusade' began on February 9th, 1950.

The MP for Blackpool South and ex-editor of History Today describes how his early interest in history bewildered his family but proved ineradicable.

Daniel Snowman talks to a man who has devoted his long and distinguished career to unravelling the threads of American freedom.

New documents have come to light which help to explain why John Harrison refused to compete for the Longitude prize even though his sea-clock appeared to work well.