The Nation in Arms: Germany and France 1789-1939
Omer Bartov asks how the armies of lords and kings became the forces of peoples and nations.
Europe
Lepanto and the Arts of Celebration
Iain Fenlon explores how Catholic Europe's great 16th-century sea victory over the Turk was celebrated and propagandised.
Male Fashion
Lois Banner looks at coded messages of gender, sexuality and domination that preceded baggy trousers.
The Cavendish Collection
Richard Cavendish goes behind bars at the Beaumaris Gaol and Courthouse, Anglesey
History's Peace Process
Tower Museum, Londonderry
What if Hitler Had Defeated Russia?
A fascinating speculation on what might have happened for the future of the world if Operation Barbarossa against the Soviet Union had been successful.
Stranger Than Fiction
Lisa Jardine speaks at the Longman/ History Today awards on Erasmus.
The Spanish Inquisition
William Makin investigates an evil organisation, accomplice of a bigoted, racist and corrupt monarchy.
Neanderthals Win Prizes
Liz Sagues investigates the book, In search of Neanderthals, which was named archaeological book of the year in 1994.
Switzerland's Roman Past
Exploration of a new museum opening in Lausanne on the Roman settlement in the area