History Today

Peaceful protest or planned provocation? Philip Lawson re-examines 19th-century England's most famous law-and-order massacre with the aid of a key eyewitness account.

Jonathan Wright and Paul Stafford examine the origins and significance of the document which has been claimed as the Fuhrer's premeditated masterplan for European domination.

Two hundred years before Captain Cook, Dieppe map makers placed the Portuguese flag on a large land-mass called Java-la-Grande approximately where Australia appears on today's atlas. Helen Wallis sifts through the cartographic evidence to examine the intriguing question.

David Birmingham reviews the historical dimensions of international definitions of human rights

Mary Delorme considers the career and contribution of a pioneering female historian, who widened her scope beyond that of the traditional romantic biographer.

Andrew Saint says goodbye to the home of the national newspapers.

Keith Nurse describes the warlike aristocracy uncovered by an archaeological finding in Yorkshire.

The revitalisation and history of the heart of Merseyside

A project aimed at preventing the destruction of key historical events on film.