History Today

Mark Brayshay draws on his recent archival research to present this upbeat view of how news travelled in Early Modern Europe.

An international exhibition run by the Swedish Royal Armoury on Tournaments and the Dream of Chivalry.

Max Beloff looks at what he (and other historians) got wrong (and right) about the future 50 years ago.

Richard Overy examines how technological advances in the air and on the road gave society a jump-start at the end of the nineteenth century.

Robin Bruce Lockhart looks at the Anglophile his father knew and discusses new theories on how he died and why.

A new museum and tours dedicated to the battles of the Somme

Tony Aldous discusses the missing millions in the art world

Richard Cavendish carves out some monumental history in Derbyshire

Norman Bainbridge looks at the events to mark Nottinghamshire's role in the English Civil War.