History Today

The death and mutilation of the chief of the Xhosa in 1835 at the hands of the British was a ‘barbarous’ deed, concealed by the perpetrators in a web of lies. 

History books by men are bought in far greater quantities than those by women. Why?

The curation, control and censorship of the life of the elusive St Ambrose.

People with learning or physical disabilities occasionally had unique opportunities in Tudor society. 

A history of the dirty business of wiretapping.

A tale of female revenge, power and solidarity.

The physician James Parkinson, who lent his name to the medical condition he defined, was born on 11 April 1755.

Missing fragments of the written record are made all the more conspicuous by their absence. 

There is value in a leader who lies – but only if it is done for the greater good.