Saint Bartholemew's of Oxford
Colin Michie rings the bell at an early English hospital
History Today
A Red Light for Columbus
Damien Gregory reports on protests surrounding the explorer's quincentenary celebrations.
'Since You Went Away' - The War Letters of America's Women
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.
Emperor Hirohito’s 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.
Marxism and the Middle Ages
Stephen Rigby argues that Marxist analysis has had an underrated role in the social and economic interpretation of the medieval world.
Secret History (i)
Anthony Seldon considers when and why history ends and current affairs begin.
Secret History (ii)
John Crossland compares the investigative approach of historians and journalists.
Secret History (iv)
Must the historians be morally neutral on the subject he or she investigates? Michael Burleigh offers a personal view.
Sole Appeal
Julia Simpson on a new museum celebrating the clog shoe