History Today

William D. Rubinstein investigates the political and personal motivations of a leading Conservative politician, and reveals the truth he sought to keep hidden.

News of a bibliography of printed material published in English from the 15th century to 1800.

Patricia Cleveland-Peck looks at fresh projects and older initiatives to record the experiences and opinions of ‘ordinary people’.

Fighting broke out in the Philippines on the night of February 4th, 1899, after an American patrol shot a Filipino guerrilla.

Ted Cowan visits the new Museum of Scotland and considers its implications for the nation’s view of itself.

Richard Cavendish explains the life and death of Henry IV's father, on February 3rd, 1399

Richard Cavendish recreates the scene of the famous Victorian Tory leader's accession, on February 22nd 1849.

Michael Bush explores the development of sex guides in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and their effect on British society.

Antonia Fraser recalls the girlhood awakening of a ‘sense of place’ that has continued to influence her methods as a historian.

J.E. Spence considers the interface between ideological and geopolitical factors in the struggle for supremacy in Southern Africa.