Making History

The government’s count of its citizens is of enormous value to historians.

At what point does memoir become biography and biography become history?

What happened when a historian took the ‘Life in the UK’ test for British citizenship?

Radicals and revolutionaries found inspiration in the study of Greece and Rome.

Historians often envisage a gulf between family history and other engagements with the past, but they can easily overlap.

Restoring women to history presents challenges – and some opposition.

We like historical films to be factually accurate, but we also like them to reflect our sensibilities.

How does the reader decide if a history book is worth their time?

Blessed with beauty and wealth, California fails to come to terms with its past.