History Today

Communing with Nature

Continuing our series on History and the Environment, Thomas Dunlap explores the development of quasi-religious environmentalism in North America.

A Heavenly Visitation

Larry Gragg recounts the reasons for the visit of the Quaker George Fox to Barbados in 1671, and the significance of his presence there.

Ashes to Ashes

On the 60th anniversary of the fall of Singapore, arguably the nadir of Anglo-Australian relations, Richard Wilkinson explores the strange relationship between the two countries in the last century.

Pots of Silver?

Michael Vickers considers the original value of Greek ceramics, and why it has become inflated in recent centuries.

Carnuntum

Jacqui Goddard on the latest findings at the important Roman site on the Danube.