History Today

When Blackshirts took over an Italian ship and headed for Cardiff, trade unions held a boycott in what was the first British protest against fascism.

Dismissed as ‘high and mighty’ and accused of pushing Charles I towards civil war, Henrietta Maria was a deft military mover – perhaps more so than the king himself.

The Battle of Stalingrad began in August 1942, subjecting its residents to months of living hell. But few doubted that the city was worth defending.

Early modern methods of execution were carefully calculated to inflict shame upon the condemned. 

What relevance do the Norman Conquest and the events of 1066 have to contemporary British politics? Everything and nothing.

Fleeing his father’s empire, an Afghan prince travelled from Kabul to Sindh via Mecca, becoming a fugitive, courtier and pilgrim in the process.

Easter Island’s stone ancestors carry messages for the gods.

Discovering the deep roots of the cheese plant.

Charlotte Corday killed Jean-Paul Marat on 13 July 1793.