History Today

Roy Porter discusses how the British Enlightenment paved the way for the modern world.

Japan's 124th Emperor was born on April 29th, 1901

Roland Quinault looks at the state of the islands immediately following the Second World War.

Alexandra Walsham looks for the meaning of unusual phenomena widely reported across early modern Europe.

LCC housing architects and their work between 1893 and 1914, by Michael Crowder

Charlotte Crow reviews the Museum of London exhibition tracing three centuries of artistic creativity in London.

Philip Reed looks at the redevelopment plans for Churchill's Cabinet War Rooms.

Geoff Metzger, head of The History Channel in the UK, describes a youth well spent at the movies.

Angus Mitchell shows that new scientific methods are sometimes unable to settle old historical controversies.