History Today

Sarah Tyacke, Keeper of Public Records and Chief Executive of the Public Record Office, makes a personal record of her own abiding interest in history, maps and archives.

Anthony Farrington previews a new exhibition on Asia, Britain and the role of the East India Company.

Margaret Kekewich points to the value of prehistory at school as a key to national unity.

David Keys looks at the latest archaeological projects taking place in Sheffield and Liverpool.

Russell Chamberlin assesses claims for the return of cultural treasures.

May 6th, 1952

Richard Cavendish marks the anniversary of a royal marriage, on May 18th, 1152.

Richard Pflederer evaluates a vital tool of the age of discovery.

Leslie Marchant sees the Opium Wars as a philosophical clash between two cultures and two notions of government and society.

Thomas Doherty examines a series of conflicts between left-wing artists and movie moguls at the time of Sergei Eisenstein's brief sojourn in Tinseltown in the 1930s.