History Today

Alison Peden looks at what the Middle Ages speculated on and thought was theologically correct about the edges of the medieval world.

Joyce Ellis looks at how women coped with and were able to exploit the urban environment between 1688 and 1820.

A budding front-bench politician and his mistress ... not a tract for our times but an 1860s relationship recovered and reconstructed from love letters by the politician's biographer, Patrick Jackson.

Richard Cavendish trawls through the exhibits to examine the legacy of the city's whaling and fishing industry.

John McLeod presents a study from the last days of the Raj of an Indian ruler who defied the stereotype of princely extravagance and self-indulgence.

France's colonies have existed to serve the greatness of France. Johnson examines France's treatment of its various colonies, including French Polynesia, French Indo-China, and Tahiti.

Before the mid-1800s many Americans did not dream of Christmas at all. Penne Restad tells how and why this changed – and played its role in uniting the US in social cohesion.

Grigori Chukhrai talks about the political pressures surrounding his award-winning Second World War film

Ann Hills on the campaign to save Lambley Railway Viaduct, South Tyne

Antony Taylor finds the roots of Australian republicanism stretching back into the 19th century