History Today

Robert Hume investigates the first major railway disaster in Britain, which took the lives of over thirty people in a collision in North Wales.

Paul Cartledge goes in search of the elusive personality of the world’s greatest hero.

Robert Knecht visits two of France’s most remarkable châteaux, which stand as monuments to the ambitions of their upwardly mobile creators Thomas Bohier and Nicolas Fouquet.

Gerard DeGroot investigates the effects of the ‘peace dividend’ on the Nevada desert.

Dejan Djokic pinpoints the baleful influences of historical distortion and myth in a troubled area.

Tristram Hunt finds inspiration for his study of civic consciousness in Tuscany and the lecture halls of Cambridge.

The French began formal negotiations with ‘the magnificent and mighty Owen, Prince of Wales' on 14 June 1404.

 Michael Paris examines the way in which aspects of D-Day were filmed at the time and have subsequently been reconstructed in popular cinema.

Richard Cavendish recounts the history of the British medal for bravery in combat, first awarded on June 21st, 1854.