History Today

On 23 November 1929 Nigeria’s women rose against the colonial authorities, demanding a return to traditional values and the ejection of the British. 

National security during the Second World War was threatened by the ‘enemy within’ – working-class women, suspected of betraying their country by taking in deserters and escapees.

The spiritual marketplace is crowded – is there something Darwinian about it?

Indulgent symbol of papist excess or mouthpiece for God’s second greatest gift? What place was there for the organ in the Reformation church?

Pilgrimage is not meant to be easy, but it remains a popular pursuit – even for non-believers.

The real female Victorian detectives were every bit as bold as their fictional counterparts – and far more prevalent than we might assume.

Can The Green Ages: Medieval Innovations in Sustainability by Annette Kehnel find anything worth recycling in medieval modes of living?

British agents of empire saw their actions in India through the texts of their classical educations. They looked for Alexander, cast themselves as Aeneas and hoped to emulate Augustus.

‘What is the most common misconception about my field? That China has “5,000 years” of continuous history.’