History Today

Damien Gregory reports on protests surrounding the explorer's quincentenary celebrations.

Judy Litoff and David C. Smith sift through the hopes and fears of America's home front in this selection and commentary of letters they have assembled from wives, mothers and sweethearts during the Second World War.

What did Hirohito really think of the Second World War? After his death, diaries and memoirs from the Shōwa emperor’s court began to shed light on his role in the conflict.

Stephen Rigby argues that Marxist analysis has had an underrated role in the social and economic interpretation of the medieval world.

Anthony Seldon considers when and why history ends and current affairs begin.

John Crossland compares the investigative approach of historians and journalists.

Must the historians be morally neutral on the subject he or she investigates? Michael Burleigh offers a personal view.

Julia Simpson on a new museum celebrating the clog shoe

From Augustine to Alfred - Janet Backhouse discusses the material evidence and new views that are the backcloth to the major exhibition of Anglo-Saxon art and culture opening at the British Museum this month.