History Today

Tony Aldous reveals the story behind Faversham and a gunpowder works built there around the mid-16th century

Willam Laud, Charles I's Archbishop of Canterbury and a formidable opponent of Puritanism, was executed on 10 January 1645. Charles Carlton examines his little-known nocturnal life. 

Francis Robinson explores new educational and cultural advances in the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan.

What happened in those final days as the king's life moved ‘peacefully towards its close?’

A look back over a century of The English Historical Review.

Bernard Porter looks into Britain’s line over terrorism during the nineteenth century.

Felix Barker tells the tale of the newly resorted mill wheel at Styal.

J A Sharpe looks into the work carried out by social historians.

Gerald Kennedy shows how a fear of revolution and the growing strength of organised labour created tensions in Britain after the end of the First World War. Men such as 'Woodbine Willie' attempted to defuse the situation by preaching the gospel of 'Christian Socialism' at mass meetings across the country.

A debate over the reconstruction or preservation of archaeological sites.