History Today

Anthony Kirk-Greene looks at the remarkably rapid 'end of empire' of Britain in Africa, and argues that perspective and objectivity can now yield a useful stocktaking.

Andrew Boyd on past efforts to bring Ireland's warring factions to the peace table.

Allan Mallinson tells how the cavalry in the British Army recovered from a Boer War shambles to become the best in Europe by the outbreak of the First World War.

Angela Morgan on uncovering one of Argentina's historical mysteries.

Ann Hills on highland games at Braemar

Miranda Vickers looks at the troubled history of Yugoslav-Albanian relations

Rehabilitating the European dynasty

Michael Burleigh examines how the impact of German unification has affected the evaluation of the country's history from both sides of the former divide.

Hugh Brogan nominates Alexis de Tocqueville rather than Karl Marx as a useful guide to the new world order of history in the 90s.