History Today

Civil War in England brought destruction and damage in town and country far more akin to continental warfare than has often been supposed.

Ann Hills talks about the development of a Scapa flow centre to commemorate the use one of the greatest harbours from the Napoleonic Wars to the end of the Second World War.

Peter Stansky takes a look at the increasing number of houses either privately owned or owned by the National Trust being opened to the public.

Jeremy Black looks at the establishment of Russian hegemony in Eastern Europe and beyond.

In this abridged version of the prize-winning essay from our recent competition, Tracey Earl follows the fortunes of the Protestant refugees who came to Canterbury from the sixteenth century onwards.

Stephen Johnson discusses the opening of an 11th century castle in Northumberland.

Ann Hills explores the impact on various eras of history of the mines of the Nenthead area.

Brian Holden Reid recounts his own experiences of great military events. their literature, political significance and memory.

Though hymned by writers as an exemplum of Sparta's virtue, was Agesilaos the author as well as the spectator of her decline and fall?