History Today
Traders and Soldiers in Russian America
Before 1867, Alaska was a Russian fur-trading colony, its values and laws derived from Moscow and, in part, from the European Enlightenment. Ernest Sipes looks at the relations between the colonists and the native peoples.
On Home Ground: Traquair House
Richard Cavendish visits Traquair House, in Peeblesshire
Death of Lord Burghley
One of Elizabeth I's court favourites died on August 4th, 1598, aged 77.
Death of Emily Bronte
The author of Wuthering Heights died on 19 December, 1848, aged 30.
Battle of the Nile
The battle between the British Navy and that of the French Republic took place on August 1st, 1798.
Film in Context: Point of Order!
The 1954 lawsuit brought against the US Army by Joseph McCarthy marked a turning point in public attitude towards the ‘Red Scare’ Senator. Thomas Doherty tells how television played a crucial role in his demise.
Women Murderers in Victorian Britain
Women as perpetrators of crime, rather than its victims, were figures of especial fascination and loathing in the Victorian popular press. Judith Knelman delves deeper.
A Frenchman at the Court of Anne Boleyn
Nicholas Bourbon was a humanist, poet and religious reformer, and a member of Anne Boleyn’s circle. Eric Ives shows how his work throws new light on the Henrician Reformation.