History Today

Anthony Pollard explains how the rivalry of two great Northern families contributed to civil war in fifteenth-century England.

Richard Eales looks at how politics and chess have mated more in history through to the present day.

An insight into how the activities of Allied crews from the ill-fated PQ-17 Arctic convoy of 1942 to wartime Russia were viewed by one of Stalin's commissars. The article is part of an agreement with the Russian history magazine, Rodina, whereby History Today will have access to and publish in English, formerly top-secret documents now being released from the Soviet archives.

Tony Aldous discusses the proposals for an enlarged Bede Museum in the North-East.

Oriental dealers Eskenazi and their new London outlet

Mark Stoyle uncovers the juvenile delinquency of the man who saved the Stuart monarchy and brought back Charles II.

Blake Pinnell explains how an ancient tradition got out of hand and drained the public purse of 18th-century England.

The cases of women in early modern England who claimed to survive by little but faith alone are described by Walter Vandereycken and Ron Van Deth.

Richard Cavendishon the modes and manners of the Costume Society