History Today

Alexander Bely remembers the events of October 26th, 1497.

Michael Leech on the efforts to save and excavate the site of the original Globe Theatre in London.

‘Bedlam’ has become a by-word for a wild and crazy place, but what is the historical reality behind a distinguished London institution? 

Daryl Best on use and abuse in Australia's environmental history.

The last years of Charles II saw London a hotbed of political and religious conflict, exploited by a 'hit squad' who brought a reign of terror to the city.

Despite Britain’s commitment to appeasement, the 1939 Agreement of Mutual Assistance with Poland led London into the Second World War. What changed?

Paul Murphy on the Raj pioneers who set in train thoughts of conservation in independent India.

On the 50th anniversary of Indian independence, Alan Johnson reassesses Mountbatten's role in the process of partition, and his legacy.

Coming home to mother? Bhikhu Parekh on the impact the subcontinent’s peoples have had (and continue to have) in Britain itself.