Britain in 1951
Arthur Marwick takes a sweeping look at the society and culture into which History Today was born.
History Today
Islam - The Roots of Misperception
Akbar Ahmed offers the most timely review of how history and stereotype have often combined to make Western Orientalism a hindrance rather than a help in mutual understanding between two cultures.
Churchill and his War Rivals
David Day argues that deft footwork, personal PR and skilful use of both patronage and rhetoric were key elements in sustaining Britain's wartime PM in a position intrinsically far weaker than has often been supposed.
Brendan Bracken, Founding Father
Robin Bruce Lockhart, 'midwife's assistant' at the birth of History Today, contributes some personal recollections of the magazine's mercurial and larger-than-life founder.
Thomas Carlyle and the London Library
Michael Foot celebrates the anniversary of the London Library with a tribute to its founder, Thomas Carlyle.
Breaking the Ice
Elizabethans in the Arctic
Remembrance of Norway
Ragnhild Hatton on her memories - and the perspective of other historians - on Wartime Norway.
The Folly Fellowship
Richard Cavendish visits an organisation devoted to architectural treats.
Women, Food and Politics 1880 - 1930
'The bread and butter of life' - Martin Pugh traces how the increasing electoral importance of food and domestic issues in Britain helped to entrench women in the mainstream of political life.