History Today

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

The Gowers Report of 1950 was the first step in the postwar rescue of Britain’s country house heritage.

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp premiered on 10 June 1943.

The cultural politics of papal Rome.

Tracing Karl Marx’s Jewish ancestry.

A richly textured portrait of the living standards of women and children in Victorian Britain.

The Kalmar Union between Denmark, Norway and Sweden came to an end on 6 June 1523.

A Japanese genre of painting, rooted in Buddhist ideals, takes an unflinching view of the dead.

Covid-19 has rekindled ancient tensions between city and country.

Worms are among the simplest of creatures. But, as Darwin discovered, even they share things in common with humanity.