Poster Power at the V&A
Richard Tames introduces an exhibition that explores posters in their many forms at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
History Today
Victorian Triumph of an African Chief
When a king from Bechuana visited England in 1890s, he won friends and respect everywhere he went, and his tale cast new light on the interactions between Britain and her empire, as Neil Parsons explains.
On Home Ground: Levens Hall, Cumbria
Richard Cavendish explores Levens Hall in Cumbria.
The Edict of Nantes
Signed on 13 April 1598, the Edict of Nantes granted rights to France's Calvinist Protestants, known as Huguenots.
Saving the Lagoon in Renaissance Venice
Renaissance Venetians developed a sophisticated technology for keeping the city’s vital waterways free from silt and in the process, as Joseph Black explains, created a unique landscape that inspired travellers and painters.
Life in Ancien Regime Vaud
Vivienne Larminie explores the history of the Pays de Vaud, showing how resistance to Protestant reform gave rise to a distinctive culture and, in 1798, a revolt against foreign rule.
Legacies of Empire
The second of the two Longman/History Today prize-winning essays on the topic ‘Is distance lending enchantment to the view historians have of the British Empire and its legacies’.
The Roots of Vegetarianism
Derek Antrobus uncovers the origins of the Vegetarian Society.
Failed Chartist Demonstration in London
Britain's working-class Chartist movement organised a mass meeting at Kennington Common on April 10th, 1848.
Napoleon and German Identity
How Napoleon laid up trouble for future generations of Frenchmen by kick-starting Prussian and German domination of Eastern Europe.