Paul Lay

Paul Lay responds to the suggestion that we should dismiss Eric Hobsbawm because of his pro-Communist sympathies.

Historian Michael Burleigh has won the prestigious Nonino International Master of his Time Prize.

An orchestral performance in June 1939 demonstrates why the Czech Republic has a moral standing that few other nations possess, says Paul Lay.

After decades of advance, democracy in Europe has begun to look curiously vulnerable.

The author of Courtiers: The Secret History of Kensington Palace (Faber & Faber), and presenter of the BBC TV series, If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home discusses her work with Paul Lay.

Paul Lay pays tribute to the Renaissance and Early Modern historian who was a pioneer of interdisciplinary scholarship.

Paul Lay pays tribute to the playwright, dissident and former Czech president, who has died aged 75.

The shortlist for the annual Longman-History Today Book of the Year Award has been announced.

The Apple founder, who died on 5th October, attributed much of his success to a historically-based course he took in calligraphy.

Hugh Thomas tells Paul Lay about his unparalleled research into the lives of the extraordinary generation of men who conquered the New World for Golden Age Spain.