History Today

Stresemann and Weimar

Prophet of European unity or pre-Hitler nationalist bent on wiping out Germany's Versailles humiliation? Sixty years after his death, Jonathan Wright reassesses the career and motives of Germany's leading statesman of the 1920s.

Manningham Mills, Bradford

Manningham Mills, a symbol of the last century's industrial power, is now to become part of Bradford's renaissance as an exhibition at the city's Cartwright Hall in Lister Park shows.

Richer for Poorer

Charlotte Crow examines the restoration of Southwell Workhouse, the latest project from the National Trust.

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.