History Today

Tim Benson, founder of the Political Cartoon Society, introduces his ten favourite cartoons published in Britain.

The best history books, films and students of 2003 announced.

The problems surrounding the discovery of an ancient reptile fossil and its wider implications for cultural heritage.

Historians grapple with a difficult subject.

A new form of antiquarianism? Celebrating experience at the expense of analysis? Seven leading historians seek to define social history.