History Today

Four historians consider whether the continent that gave the world the nation state still remains in its thrall.

Driven to extremes by the expectations loaded on them, some men turned to self-castration. 

It is often claimed that press censorship came to an end in England at the close of the 17th century. But it persisted, thanks to an unsavoury network of government spies.

Thailand’s monarchy is today one of the world’s wealthiest and most powerful, but the king has faced a constant struggle for survival. 

The Covid pandemic seems to have caused a birth dearth. Historically, how have countries responded to falling birthrates?

A symbol of female power in an age of patriarchy became a tool of propaganda for two prominent queens.

The image of Roman Bath was the creation of 18th- and 19th-century archaeologists. Only now are new perspectives revealing a more complex and accurate history of the city.