History Today

A thoughtful long view of men’s participation in, and consumption of, fashionable dress.

The Battle of Tondibi, which resulted in the defeat of the Songhay army, took place on 13 March 1591.

 ‘Human nature always remains the same.’

The fluid and unfixed Byzantine Empire.

Beginning in March 1971, the Bangladesh War of Independence led to East Pakistan becoming a new nation state. On the 50th anniversary of its outbreak, four experts assess the war’s legacy. 

Was the US president ‘dealing with the devil’ in his relationships with segregationist politicians or was his ‘the art of the possible’?

A narrative history from the peak of Hitler’s powers up to his demise.

The pandemic has created a dividing line for our time, like many others in the past.

A new translation finds Beowulf comfortably at home in the 21st century.

Those who kept a diary in 2020 have provided a service to posterity.