History Today

Leah Leneman describes the traps for the unwary caused by the marriage laws of 18th-century Scotland.

News of an exhibition of wall-painting that will travel around the country.

Tony Aldous introduces Sir Neil Cossons, the new chairman of English Heritage.

David Culbert on a cinematic blend of propaganda and entertainment that proved remarkably successful with US audiences during the Second World War.

The novelist D.M. Thomas describes how he gained inspiration from a black-and-white photograph of Finnish troops fighting in the Winter War.

Britain's relationship with the sea presented at the re-opened National Maritime Museum.

Paul Dukes introduces a major series on the 1890s.