History Today

We ask four historians whether the great advances of the Renaissance were extended to women.

‘As we grow older, we often learn that we have misunderstood our parents and grandparents.’ 

Man and woman become one in a visionary and resonant myth. 

We ask four historians of the Cold War whether the demise of the USSR was as inevitable as it now seems.

‘The past has not gone.’

A tale of female revenge, power and solidarity.

‘There’s always someone missing from the story.’

Eighty years on from the height of the Battle of Britain, four historians confront the nature of this key episode in the Second World War.

The myth of Arachne and Minerva is a commentary on the plight of the artist, wrapped in a dramatic tale of rivalry between god and mortal.