History Today

Looking beyond cuneiform signs to the people who impressed them.

In Anglo-Saxon England a hill could be a dragon’s lair and a ditch the home of gods.

What does it mean to rebuild Notre-Dame?

Why the US shuns its Spanish heritage.

From Garotters to Peaky Blinders: is youth ‘not what it used to be’?

Which president appears on the $5,000 bill? When was the Reichstag Fire?

Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms are widely used by historians. But does anyone benefit?

From wall paintings in Egyptian tombs to the margins of illuminated manuscripts, we have always used portrayals of monkeys to express our more animal side.