History Today

Julian Spalding argues that museums should re-evaluate their purpose and practices.

Robert Knecht describes his quest to unravel a mystery originating in the French defeat in the Battle of the Nations.

Mark Weisenmiller shows how the fate of Al-Qaida and Taliban prisoners in Cuba is linked to a US Supreme Court decision of sixty years ago.

Jane Geddes investigates the remarkable ironwork of the gates of the tomb of Edward IV, and considers what they can tell us about 15th-century craft and culture.

Roger Boase looks at a Spanish example of religious and ethnic cleansing.

Simon Young reveals the limitations of oral legends as historical sources.

Catherine Roddam looks back at the first recordings of Italian tenor Enrico Caruso.

Gabriel Fawcett examines the controversy surrounding the Wehrmacht exhibition.

Jenny West looks at the role of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, founded by William Morris in 1877 to counteract the highly destructive 'restoration' of medieval buildings being practised by many Victorian architects.