Bodies in the Blitz: The Murder of Rachel Dobkin
The devastation and chaos inflicted on London by wartime bombing raids provided an opportunity for murderers to conceal their crimes.
History Today
King John’s Lost Treasure
The loss of his treasure on the road to war was said to have brought about King John’s demise. What happened to it?
Radical Conservatives and the Federal Union
Britain’s Second World War Conservatives and their utopian dream of world government.
‘The Lost Queen’ by Sophie Shorland review
The Lost Queen: The Surprising Life of Catherine of Braganza, Britain’s Forgotten Monarch by Sophie Shorland returns the consort to her rightful place in Restoration history.
Richard III and Kingly Justice for All?
Was Richard III a just king or just doing what a king should do?
‘Massacre in the Clouds’ by Kim A. Wagner review
In Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of History, Kim A. Wagner offers a blow-by-blow account of Bud Dajo. But is the devil truly in the detail?
The Powers of Soviet Puppetry
The puppet theatres of Kazakhstan combined Soviet ideals with Kazakh traditions to educate the masses.
Britain’s First Milk Bar Opens
Entrepreneur Hugh Donald McIntosh struck white gold when London’s Black and White Bar opened on 1 August 1935.
How Do Europe’s Cold War Divisions Persist?
East was East and West was West – until 1989. The Wall is gone, but are its Cold War demarcations still there?
Why is Constitutional History Back in Fashion?
Constitutional history dominated university history departments in Britain until the 1960s. It's making a comeback.