Winston’s War
Is it history or fiction? Is it better than both, or worse than either? Robert Pearce wrestles with these questions.
Historiography
Writing World History
C.A. Bayly looks at the opportunities presented to the historian in the 21st century when trying to write the history of the world.
Lisa Jardine
Daniel Snowman meets Lisa Jardine, Renaissance and Shakespeare scholar, historian of science and biographer of Erasmus, Bacon, Wren and Hooke.
The Death of Lord Acton
An overview of the life of Lord Acton of Aldenham, one of the founders of the English Historical Review and Regius Professor of Modern History at Cambridge.
Robert Paxton: The Outsider
Martin Evans discusses how the historian Robert Paxton shifted the terms of debate over the collective memory of Vichy France.
Sir Steven Runciman: The Spider, the Owl and the Historian
Anthony Bryer considers the life and work of this great historian, who died in November 2000.
Birth of Thomas Babington Macaulay
Thomas Babington Macaulay, the most famous historian of his time, was born on St Crispin's Day, October 25th, 1800.
Asa Briggs
Daniel Snowman meets the co-founder of the University of Sussex and doyen of Victorian history.
Postmodernism and the Study of History
In defending the study of history, Richard J Evans argues that the extreme exponents of Postmodernism are Emperors with No Clothes.
Fifty Years of Rewriting the French Revolution
John Dunne signposts main landmarks and current directions in the historiographical debate.