History Today

The revolt against President Omar al-Bashir was not the first in Sudan’s history, but it was the first since Africa’s former largest country split in two.

In this episode we travel to the south coast of England where we witness the final preparations for D-Day, before joining the Allied forces on the beaches of Normandy.

An alliance of unlike minds offered hope for the future during Europe’s darkest days.

Writing treaties in two languages can lead to unexpected problems.

Throughout the 1970s, the feminist group Dolle Mina combined radical protests with conceptual art.

Arabic was not just spread by the sword, but by merchants, patron-hunting poets and dowry-seeking princes.

The Labour Party’s recent entanglement with antisemitism came as a shock to many. At its root is the issue of nationalism. 

The man who, at the time of his death in 2012, was arguably the most famous historian in the world is brought into quotidian focus. 

Historians often envisage a gulf between family history and other engagements with the past, but they can easily overlap.