History Today

Andrew Pettegree charts Hans Holbein’s path from Germany to England and points to the ironies of his reputation as a great Protestant painter.

Barry Doyle compares today's multiplex cinemas with the picture palaces of pre-war Britain.

Antony Taylor reveals that Eco-Warriors were active more than a century ago.

Jeremy Black tells how the delicate system of international relations and ancien regime diplomacy was shattered by the Emperor’s arrogance and refusal to play by the rules.

Richard Cavendish remembers the events of February 27th, 1848

Charles Esdaile explores grass roots opposition to Napoleonic rule, the forms it took and how the empire fought back.

Richard Cavendish visits Plas Newydd, the seat of the Marquess of Anglesey.

John Horgan examines the attempts by the new Irish Free State government to disarm the IRA at the end of the civil war in 1923 and the way in which the issue of the IRA arms dumps rumbled on in Irish politics for the next ten years. 

Richard Cavendish remembers the events of February 11th, 1948

The island of Ceylon officially gained its independence on 4 February 1948 as a self-governing dominion within the British Commonwealth.