History Today

Switzerland’s recent vote to ban the building of minarets drew widespread criticism. A look at the historical background to that decision, the result of a typically Swiss mixture of conservatism and democracy.

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Tim Benson, founder of the Political Cartoon Society, introduces his ten favourite cartoons published in Britain.

The best history books, films and students of 2003 announced.

The problems surrounding the discovery of an ancient reptile fossil and its wider implications for cultural heritage.

Historians grapple with a difficult subject.

A new form of antiquarianism? Celebrating experience at the expense of analysis? Seven leading historians seek to define social history.