A Painter Fit for a Queen
Nicholas Hilliard was a portraitist at the pinnacle of his profession.
History Today
The Future of God in 1943
Christian thinkers whose lives and thoughts connected in 1943, when it looked like the Allies were on top and minds turned to the future.
Hungary’s Holy Trinity
What connects a Hollywood star, a physicist of genius and a recently departed historian?
Travels Through Time #15 – Mary Fulbrook, 1939-45
This episode examines the Nazi genocide through human interactions with three crime scenes.
What Have the Romans Done for Us?
Not content with bringing aqueducts, sanitation and roads, the Romans transformed Britain’s flora and fauna.
History Today Quiz: July
Test your history knowledge in the monthly History Today quiz.
On the Spot: Matthew Sweet
‘What’s the most important lesson history has taught me? It’s not about you.’
The Hitlers in Our Own Country
How the Nazi persecution of Jews shaped the African-American freedom struggle.
Can You Keep a Secret?
A hidden network of 17th-century female spies
The History of the Picnic
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.