History Today

A celebrated image of the first Thanksgiving presents an idealised view of a troubled relationship.

From ancient Greece to the Second World War, from the papacy to the Antichrist, from Byzantium to China and the story of the Jewish people, historians select their favourite books of the past year.

As the sounds of the world rattled into the future, so, too, did art and music courtesy of Luigi Russolo and Filippo Tommaso Marinetti.

In a diverse field, expertise should remain at the heart of history on television.

An expedition route map produced by Stuart William Hughes Rawlins.

We ask 20 questions of leading historians on why their research matters, one book everyone should read and their views on the Tudors …

One of England’s best-known kings died on 28 January 1547. 

Newfoundland was England’s first overseas colony, but its settlement did not follow the usual patterns: its communities were nomadic, moving around the island with the seasons.

Winning the vote meant millions of women needed a party to represent them in Parliament. Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst founded one, with limited success.

In the POW camps of the Second World War, soldiers found release – from the conditions and from the all-male company – in female impersonation.