History Today

The tradition of the seaside holiday first originated in the 19th century, aided by some discreet royal patronage. John Walton and Jenny Smith tell the story.

Richard Morphet ponders the relationship between individual biography and the historical tragedies of the 20th century as mediated via a leading Jewish artist.

Annette Bingham looks into the archaeological findings of Hong Kong's Bronze Age.

Lesley Beaumont looks at how children's games were not just seen as pastimes but as active stimuli to learning and good citizenship in the world of Plato and Aristotle.

Helen Davidson on a new search into recovering Charles I's treasure boat.

Mark Meigs uncovers a fascinating initiative enacted in France at the end of the First World War designed to turn American soldiers into students empowered with all the virtues of the Progressive era.

Andrew Allen looks at one of the bizarre fairground attractions of Georgian England and the fate of its practitioners.

Judith Rice on a sixteenth-century sect in the modern world.

Explanation about the myth history of Middle Ages Switzerland.