History Today

Bernard Porter on espionage, past and present.

John Crossland looks at the Dock Strike that succeeded in 1889.

Annette Bingham on digging up the past in the United Arab Emirates.

Peter Parker describes the difficulties in writing historical biographies and his effort on writer and editor J.R. Ackerley.

Tony Aldous on the restoration of a mansion of an outstanding early 18th-century Scottish architect.

Sharp practice or sharp 'prentice? Paul Seaver argues that the tale of how a Bristol notary and his erstwhile trainee fell out and went to court in 1620 tells us much about the social aspirations and intimacies of 17th-century England.

Rosemary Burton on a handbook for Hadrian's Wall