Immigration into Britain: the Lithuanians
It was not only the Jews who fled from Tsarist persecution in the late 19th century. Immigrants from Lithuania came to Scotland en route for the United States and many stayed.
History Today
A Saturday in Summer
Michael Biddiss on the tale of a French village massacred by the SS in June 1944.
As others read us
Roy Porter explains how historians react to being misunderstood.
Immigration into Britain
Colin Holmes introduces a new series on the arrival of refugees and other foreigners to the country.
Looting the Raj
Francis Robinson explores words and language plundered from the sub-continent.
The Irish
In this article, Sheridan Gilley looks at the rich history surrounding Irish immigration abroad.
Wanted: a New Kind of Narrative
It used to be taken for granted that historians wrote narratives, but this is now a matter of debate.
The German Knights: The Making of a Modern Myth
The medieval order of Teutonic Knights held powerful sway over the historical imagination of Germany until the Second World War. Why and how did this nationalist myth flourish?
The Art of Kingship: Richard II
A precocious tyrant? A charismatic Renaissance prince? An out-of-touch autocrat? Or a progressive monarch maligned by usurpers? Caroline M. Barron assesses the reign of Richard II.