How Urban was Medieval England?
Christopher Dyer argues for an upgrading of the town’s importance in the Middle Ages.
History Today
The Capitol, Seoul
Ronan Thomas takes a look at the cultures of Korea after becoming independent from Japan in 1945.
New Men? The Bourgeois Cult of Home
John Tosh examines the intriguing tensions between masculinity and domesticity in 19th-century Britain.
Film in Context: I was a Communist for the FBI
Dan Leab looks at a classic Cold War movie and the shadowy figure who inspired it.
Scotch Comfort and Joy
Robin Bruce Lockhart celebrates the past and present of the immortal dram and its historic links with our seasonal festivities at Christmas and New Year.
The Return of Catherine the Great
Tony Lentin gives an upgraded assessment of Russia's empress 200 years after her death.
Ireland's Famine Museum
Denise Silvester-Carr introduces the new Famine Museum at Strokestown, County Roscommon.
French invasion of Ireland fails through winter storms
Richard Cavendish remembers the events of December 19th, 1796