Dr Livingstone Reconsidered
A reflection on the life of Dr Livingstone in an attempt to revel the true story behind the legend
History Today
The Hero in History: Myth, Media and Realities
Akbar Ahmed’s provocative lecture for the Longman/ History Today Awards examines Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan.
Did Europe's Mercantilist Empires Pay?
Trade may have followed the flag, but was there enough stimulus in imperialism to aid national bank balances and development from 1500 onwards? Patrick O'Brien sifts the evidence.
English Heritage Goes to the Wall
Ann Hills investigates a new online database of all English Heritage historic wall paintings.
Amasis: The Pharaoh With No Illusions
John Ray on a ruler who mixed laddishness with mysticism in the last days of independent Egypt.
Combat Trauma in the American Civil War
Shell-shocked - a phrase redolent of the Western Front and the Great War. But was it also a reality fifty years earlier on the killing fields of Virginia? John Talbott investigates.
Citizen Kane, the New Deal, and the Second World War
Orson Welles’ belief in the New Deal and his anxieties over American isolationism in the years before Pearl Harbour are inextricably entangled in the epic Citizen Kane.
Tomorrow's History Today? Post-modern Collecting
Paul Martin considers what message our mania for collecting has for history in post-modern times.