History Today

The myth of Arachne and Minerva is a commentary on the plight of the artist, wrapped in a dramatic tale of rivalry between god and mortal.

How the Black Sea shaped the ancient Mediterranean world.

Ahilyabai Holkar, queen of the Malwa kingdom, died on 13 August 1795.

What was Roman Fever? When was the Black Panther party founded?

Four historians consider the most fundamental question of all, one famously posed by E.H. Carr almost 60 years ago.

Rudy Giuliani’s ‘zero tolerance’ attitude to community policing was rooted not in right-wing talking points, but in the liberal politics of the Civil Rights era.

Views of the afterlife in early Christianity.

The opening of hairdressers and pubs has a strange historical resonance.

Women, non-importation agreements and spinning bees in the American Revolution.

The sinister reach of East Germany’s Ministry for State Security did not end in 1989. According to the British press, the Stasi is still with us.