History Today

‘What’s the most important lesson history has taught me? It’s not about you.’

How the Nazi persecution of Jews shaped the African-American freedom struggle.

A hidden network of 17th-century female spies

The first picnics were a favourite pastime of the aristocracy, and purely indoor affairs. In the 19th century, the emergent middle classes moved lunch outdoors.

The devastating fire at Notre-Dame destroyed more than just bricks.

All the winners from this year's awards ceremony.

Starvation and disease killed millions in British India during the Second World War. Why?

The pursuit of astronomical study led a Victorian woman from Surrey to the Indian foothills.

Why is the West so suspicious of Russia? The Russia Anxiety: And How History Can Resolve It by Mark B. Smith attempts to answer.