History Today

We ask 20 questions of leading historians on why their research matters, one book everyone should read and their views on historical drama …

‘History doesn’t teach any lessons – only historians do.’

A Greek hero sees off the challenge of temptation with the help of his ship’s crew. 

Four historians consider whether the continent that gave the world the nation state still remains in its thrall.

We ask 20 questions of leading historians on why their research matters, one book everyone should read and their views on historical drama …

Four historians consider whether the experience of the pandemic has changed their views on the nature of historical crises.

A Victorian homage to a Renaissance master became one of the world’s most reproduced images. 

Even in a pastoral idyll, there is death.

‘Timing is everything.’

Four distinguished scholars consider a historical question of enormous contemporary resonance.