History Today

Maxim Gorky was revered over the lifetime of the Soviet Union as the leading artist and intellectual associated with the 1917 Revolution. But did he really approve of Lenin and the Bolshevik experiment? 

Bill Murray investigates the politics of social housing in the Austrian capital.

Ann Hills introduces a British Council exhibition on Polish-British relations.

Sheridan Gilley challenges the notion that ‘truth’ in history is unattainable.

Chris Townsend focuses on the recent furore surrounding child nude photography and discovers that our forebears were not so camera-shy.

Richard Hodges soaks up the atmosphere at the Temple of Aphrodite, Knidos.

15th-century ship The Matthew features in the first International Festival of the Sea.

Liz Sagues on how archaeologists are cutting their teeth on the Museum of London Archaeology Service

Charles Harvey and Jon Press examine the aesthetic achievements of the multi-talented and pioneering early Socialist.

Simon Adams goes through the household accounts of a Tudor courtier to give a revealing insight into his lifestyle and milieu both at and away from Gloriana's court.