History Today

Sarah Jane Evans discusses historical venues and their catering habits.

An end to the old order - Clive Lee looks at the pressures and changes that marked out the 1890s as a frontier post in a settled world economy.

David Mayall chronicles the uneasy relations between gypsies and the British establishment.

Ann Hills evaluates the recently-opened island museum.

'Tis to be feared this threatening storm will not be allayed without some showers... of blood' – Chris Durston chronicles the rumours and fears of an England on the brink of fratricidal conflict.

Anne Laurence considers how the conflict between King and Parliament altered the occupations and preoccupations of England's women.

From isolation to Great Power status: Richard Perren explains how a mania for Westernisation led to Japan's transformation at the turn of the century.

Ronald Quinault wonders what Churchill would have made of Maastricht in the light of his post-war activities.

Victoria Schofield surveys the land Columbus did not visit and finds societies on the move.

John Edwards finds the roots of Spanish actions in America in the crusade mentality that won back the Iberian peninsula for Christendom in the Middle Ages.