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Early modern fairy tale or urban legend? Who was London’s pig-faced lady and where did she come from?

Mary Fulbrook’s Bystander Society: Conformity and Complicity in Nazi Germany and the Holocaust holds the ambivalent accountable.

Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948. As India has changed, so has his place in its history.

Ancient traditions such as wassailing can be an inspiration rather than a burden for the communities that embrace them.

In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl: Zelia Nuttall & the Search for Mexico’s Ancient Civilizations by Merilee Grindle depicts a woman ahead of her time, yet very much a product of it.

In January 1944 the Daily Mail became the first transoceanic newspaper, having transformed the relationship between politics, the press and the people. How powerful is it really?

A selection of the best writing from History Today’s last 12 issues, offering historical perspectives on 2023.

‘Which moment would I most like to go back to? I would prefer to stay in the present, thank you.’

In Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans, Hans-Ulrich Wiemer fully reinforces his vision of Theoderic as a man grappling with challenges which still confront us today.