History Today

Richard Cavendish goes behind bars at the Beaumaris Gaol and Courthouse, Anglesey

UN-designated celebration of the millennium of the Kyrgyz national epic 'Manas'

Nigel Pearce marks the completion of a TV series spanning world history.

Tower Museum, Londonderry

Laurie Johnston explores the significance of public education in Cuba's efforts to forge a national identity in a period of US intervention.

Tim Thornton explains how a complex legal case casts light on centralised royal power in Tudor England and its limitations.

Jeffrey Green describes the impact of a troupe of six 'dwarf savages' and what it reveals about social and racial attitudes of the time.

Sue Harper reveals how a swashbuckling tale of gypsy romance opens an unexpected window on 1940s women in Britain.