Fear, Friendship and the Channel Tunnel
November 2024 marks the 30th anniversary of the first passenger trains between London and Paris. What does the history of the Channel Tunnel tell us about Britain’s relationship with its neighbours?
History Today
The St Brice’s Day Massacre
When paying off the Vikings failed to yield lasting peace, on 13 November 1002 king Æthelred ordered the slaughter of England’s Danes instead.
‘Who Really Wrote the Bible’ by William M. Schniedewind review
Who Really Wrote the Bible: The Story of the Scribes by William M. Schniedewind asks what authorship meant to the hidden hands behind the Old Testament.
The Death of Clive of India
Robert Clive’s death has long been attributed to suicide. What is the evidence?
Paracelsus: Revolutionary or Mystic?
An enfant terrible shook up Renaissance medicine by denouncing experts and debunking accepted wisdom. Was Paracelsus as radical as he seemed?
Brushing for Britain
The First World War revealed the bad state of Britain’s teeth. Intervention was required to keep the nation biting fit.
‘Patria’ by Laurence Blair review
In Patria: Lost Countries of South America, Laurence Blair explores nine nations, dissolved or imagined, and what they tell us about Latin America.
Is it Possible to Forgive and Forget?
Where fraught national histories are concerned, do policies of remembrance and education work, or is it better to wipe the slate clean?
The Allure of Medieval Churches
The ancient stones of churches are portals to the past. Each new generation becomes a custodian.
Doc Holliday: The Perennial Sidekick
Misfit, Old West villain or tragic hero of the O.K. Corral: who was the real Doc Holliday?