History Today

There is nothing new in the practice of terrorism through hostage taking. Gregor Dallas traces its roots to the events in Paris during the Spring of 1871 when the city was riven by civil strife.

Yuri Afanasyev, one of the leading popular advocates of the revaluation of domestic and world history in the Soviet Union, takes his argument further, in an interview for History Today with Albert Sirotkin of Novosti.

Peter Beck looks back on the importance of Argentina's history.

In the light of genetic engineering today, Nicholas Russell explores how the thoroughbred racehorse has changed in history.

Roy Macnab examines the ongoing debate on the two Frances of 1940 – epitomized on the one side by Petain and de Gaulle on the other – in the light of an heroic Cavalry stand against the German Blitzkrieg.

Andrew Selkirk reviews the shortlist

Attracting businesses for Brussels heritage exhibitions

Prospero's island in The Tempest but also one of the first jewels in England's overseas crown: C. Walton Brown looks at the importance of 17th-century Bermuda.

Ann Hills explores the Yemen Arab Republic's unique historic capital.

Michael Houses looks at the grievances and history of the troubled Middle East country.