History Today

Philip Mansel on the dress codes of the English Court.

David Low, the cartoonist, met Horatio Blimp, a retired Colonel, in a Turkish bath near Charing Cross in the early 1930s. Many agree with C.S. Lewis that Colonel Blimp was 'the most characteristic expression of the English temper in the period between the two wars.'

Ralph Smith assesses the material available on the conflict in South-East Asia.

Stephen Koss questions whether the press has ever truly mirrored public opinion

Jenny Wormald reassesses the dynasty of the Scottish monarchs and their historical importance.

Roderick Lyall on the royal household of a medieval Scottish monarch

D.G. Williamson looks at the varied works relating to the 19th-century European statesman.

Jenny Wormald introduces a series of ten articles on Scottish history.

Listening to the words of lullabies mothers have sung to their babies over the centuries can give the historian an insight into the constancy - and expression - of maternal feelings.

Robert Thorne on London's architects and their work.