How Good is Television as a Medium for History?
Four historians consider how their discipline can best reach a mass audience.
School Resources
Missing Links: The Victorian Freak Show
In Victorian Britain, attitudes towards race, gender, disability and Empire were all to be found in the popular ‘freak shows’.
St George and the Dragon
A medieval myth with deep roots that captured the imagination of western Europe’s age of chivalry.
A History of Pizza
The world’s most popular fast food has ancient roots, but it was a royal seal of approval in 1889 that set pizza on the path to global domination.
The Air of Freedom
Before the British Empire and the Atlantic slave trade, Africans lived freely in Tudor England.
The Last Death of Catholic England
The grand funeral of Anne of Cleves, the neglected fourth queen of Henry VIII, took place during the reign of Mary Tudor, when English Catholicism was resurgent.
The Savagery and Civility of the Thanksgiving Feast
A celebrated image of the first Thanksgiving presents an idealised view of a troubled relationship.
The Harrying of the North
Victory at the Battle of Hastings did not guarantee William control of England. The rebellious North had to be brought into line, which it was, ruthlessly, in the winter of 1069.
The Map: Tenochtitlan, 1524
Kate Wiles provides context for the first European image of the Aztec capital, razed by the Spanish in 1521.
Louis XVI's flight from Paris
The royal flight to Varennes took place on June 20th, 1791.