History Today

Richard Cavendish remembers the life of Alfred Nobel, who died on December 10th, 1896.

Joachim Radkau reviews the power revolutions of steam, electricity and oil - harbingers of dramatic change in technology and social expectations.

Michael Bonavia on the long-delayed link between Britain and the Continent.

Speed and utopias – Vladimir Pankov on the brilliant novelties and blind alleys of the Futurists

Igor Slepnev on the fin de siecle project that yoked together the Russias of Europe and Asia.

Asa Briggs comments on the historical division of time, and whether such landmarks as centuries and millennia hold any real meaning.

Theo Barker on how 150 years of innovations in global movement have transformed what we eat, think and wear

From pigeon post to the Internet - Dagmar Lorenz on how the communications revolution has produced the global village.