Making History

Good references are invaluable, not just to give credit, but to build a map of the paths taken for research.

The presence of Covid-19 is a reminder of our new proximity to the fragilities and perils of the past.

In a time of crisis, empathy is the antidote to a culture of naming and shaming.

In a post-truth world, how do we study history?

At what point does memoir become biography and biography become history?

What happened when a historian took the ‘Life in the UK’ test for British citizenship?

Radicals and revolutionaries found inspiration in the study of Greece and Rome.

Historians often envisage a gulf between family history and other engagements with the past, but they can easily overlap.

Restoring women to history presents challenges – and some opposition.

We like historical films to be factually accurate, but we also like them to reflect our sensibilities.