History Today

Paul Doolan looks at the continuing controversy over Dutch 'police operations' post-1945 in Indonesia.

Richard Cavendish explores the circumstances surrounding the election of Tommaso Parentucelli as Pope, on March 6th, 1447.

Richard Cavendish on the life of the writer and connoisseur.

Susan Layton on how the Russians viewed the Chechens in their struggle for autonomy - in the 1840s as well as the 1990s.

Standing up for truth and justice - or mid-Victorian realpolitik? Klari Kingston looks at the twists and turns of British foreign policy leading up to the Crimean War.

Penny Young details the archaeological work being carried out to save an early Christian church on the Black Sea coast.

Richard Cavendish opens our new series on great houses and those who lived in them with a look at Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, scene of Edward II's murder.

‘Carthage must be destroyed’ - words from Cato the Elder to seal the Punic city’s fate in its epic struggle with Ancient Rome. But what was its religion and society like?

Greg Walker challenges the view that court intrigue, favourites, 'new men' and new manners took root under the Tudor monarch.