History Today

Jeremy Black examines the claim that Louis XV may have used contraception.

'Stirring up divine discontent' by education to effect a transformation of the social order became the credo of one of Victorian Christian Socialism's most colourful characters, far outpacing the more temperate aims of its founders.

The recent recovery of large quantities of porcelain from the South China seas highlights eighteenth-century Europe's insatiable desire for tableware from the Orient.

David Braund takes a look over the latest collection of books on the Roman age.

'... a kind of Ken Livingstone of his day', Britain's great imperialist made his early reputation as a civic radical, promoting public control of local amenities such as water and gas.

Lost illusions and gung-ho patriotism have both featured prominently in Hollywood’s reaction to the Vietnam War, but not to date some of the more unpleasant aspects of the conflict.

In a controversial new study of Labour’s great post-war hero, John Campbell argues that Bevan was both more of a Marxist and a hard-nosed politician than his friends and admirers have portrayed.

Annette Bingham explores an ancient Indus city’s fight against floods, which could jeopardise her archaeological history.

Keith Nurse explores how archaeologists have managed to gain financial funding for excavations from the Department of Transport.