History Today

Ronald Hutton describes the origins of his historical quest for self-discovery.

Jeremy Black looks at the Royal Mail’s decision to devote all their stamps in 1999 to British history over the last millennium.

Laura Rodriguez finds that, in spite of the devastating outcome for Spain of the Cuban conflict of 1898, there were some positive consequences.

How did Britain, though assumed to be bankrupt, pursue an anti-Communist economic war from 1945. Ian Locke examines the case.

Dominic Janes describes how the early Church reconciled its teaching of holy poverty with the accumulation and display of spectacular wealth.

On December 20th, 1898, Pierre Curie scrawled the word 'radium' in his notebook as the name for a new element he and his wife Marie had discovered in their laboratory in Paris.

Prince Louis Napoleon was forty when he won the election for the French presidency on December 10th, 1848.

Ian Bradley reflects on the origins and development of Christmas carols.

Gordon Marsden on the origins and future of the project to chart the history of the Houses of Parliament.