History Today

Against the odds, the Third Anglo-Afghan War led to Afghanistan’s independence.

What was it like for a Roman to encounter a Christian for the first time? As the Empire reached its greatest extent, Pliny the Younger found himself face-to-face with members of the new religious group.

‘Politics as a Vocation’, a speech made in 1919 by the German sociologist Max Weber, can lay claim to being one of the most influential political statements of the 20th century. Amid global crisis and uncertainty, it remains as relevant as ever.

The voices of forgotten women in Reformation France.

After 800 years, a playful medieval poem still offers lessons in how not to debate. 

A chaotic, menacing assembly of gods and trolls and restless souls.

Can Welsh history be separated from British history, or are they too intertwined?

‘We can’t see our own blindspots, so, as we anatomise those of our predecessors, we perpetuate our own.’

An account of how belief became opinion.

Found guilty of fraud, the French chemist was executed on 8 May 1794.