History Today

Akbar Ahmed warns that fundamentalism is misappropriating history as sectarianism strengthens in the Indian sub-continent.

Womaniser, courtier, soldier and pioneer royal architect: Charles McKean investigates the rise and fall of a 'Renaissance man' in 16th-century Scotland.

Panikos Panayi looks at the influence and settlement of German immigration into Victoria's island.

Elizabeth Manning looks at how an Enlightenment ruler enlisted opera in his struggle to homogenise and reinforce the Habsburg empire.

Display at the National Museum of American History in memory of veterans of the Vietnam War

Peter Heehs describes how Hindu revivalism stiffened resistance to colonial rule in British India.

Alistair Thompson uncovers a hidden controversy about myth making and Gallipoli

What was it like for the women and children on the wagon trains on the epic treks across mid-19th-century America? Elliott West draws on diaries and letters in this portrait of their hopes, fears, trials and tragedies.

Hark the herald angels sing ... but they have also been a great deal more throughout history than just the key participants in the Christmas story. Enid Gauldie takes a seasonal look at the evolution of the winged messengers in art, myth and literature from Babylonian times to the present day.