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A conversation about the world of history, featuring interviews with key historians and authors and discussions about historical themes and ideas.
'Doc' Susan Anderson set out to prove that 'a woman could be a good doctor'. She did so in the most difficult surroundings: America's Wild W...
This year marks the 900th anniversary of the worst maritime disaster suffered by the English Crown and, arguably, by England. The sinking of...
In the Wars of the Roses, Margaret is remembered as a warrior queen, the ‘she-wolf of France’. But the means by which she operated in the pe...
Over the past hundred years, foreign correspondents have been central to the West’s understanding of Russia’s political and cultural turning...
During the last week of September an Azerbaijani offensive re-ignited a decades-old conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan over the Nagorno...
The Sikh queen Jind Kaur inherited an empire shaken by unexpected deaths and embroiled in civil war, but her biggest problem was the British...
A terrorist attack on Wall Street on 16 September 1920 aroused suspicion of anarchists, socialists and foreigners, as America saw danger aro...
In 1660, the Royalist exiles were returning with European languages, manners and culture in tow. Yet, of all the European imports that Charl...
Life and death in a Viking battle depended not on military prowess, but on the favour of the valkyries. Why were these mythical figures, who...
Shortly after 5pm on 7 June 1520, Henry VIII of England and Francis I of France met for the first time. That first meeting, and their time t...
In this podcast, History Today Editor Paul Lay is joined by David Abulafia, winner of the 2020 Wolfson History Prize, for his book The Bound...
The hero of the Haitian Revolution’s lonely death in a French prison cell was not an unfortunate tragedy but a cruel story of deliberate des...
Join Marlene Daut in conversation with History Today Editor, Paul Lay, as they discuss the background of the Haitian Revolution, Toussaint L...
The city of Thebes was central to the ancient Greeks’ achievements in politics and culture. For many centuries it has been largely – and oft...
In the 17th century, fanciful solutions to the mystery of the swallow’s whereabouts were the result of an intense battle over the nature of...
Myanmar’s colonial legacy includes racial hierarchies and authoritarian government. In the new nation state, not everyone is welcome. To und...
Four historians discuss what we learn from history about how diseases spread, and how we respond to them. Buy a copy of the April issue of H...
France’s attraction to right-wing populism has been a constant, if shape-shifting, presence in its politics since the end of the 19th centur...
In 1942, Lieutenant Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a Soviet frontline sniper, was sent on a mission to convince US and British allies to open up a Se...
In March 1876, the young Sigmund Freud arrived in Trieste, looking for the testicles of an eel. For centuries past, these troublesome organs...
This year, the US looks back four centuries to an intrepid band of refugees making a perilous home in New England. The Mayflower pilgrims ha...
In 1867, a notorious divorce case revealed the horrific methods with which one London surgeon was treating his patients. This article appear...
In this new podcast series, we speak with historians who are leading in their field. Each episode will be on a different subject and era; an...
Historian Michael Burleigh discusses his new book The Best of Times, the Worst of Times: A History of Now. Is the United States in permanent...
Maiken Umbach and Neil Gregor join History Today editor Paul Lay to discuss the new critical edition of Hitler's notorious book. Hosted on A...
We discuss Tantric Buddhism with Ruth Garde, curator of a new show at the Wellcome Collection. Also: Marc Morris on King John and the siege...
In this episode, Amy Fuller discusses the myths surrounding Mexico's Day of the Dead, and Andrew Lownie talks about the obstacles facing his...
Peter Frankopan joins us to discuss the importance of viewing history not from a western or eastern perspective, but one that links the two...
We speak to Katie Donington about the legacies of Britain's involvement in the slave trade. Also: Cambodia's lost rock and roll scene, and a...
This month we discuss Proto-Indo-European, the ancestor of almost every language now spoken from the Hebrides to the Himalayas. Hosted on Ac...
This episode is a Magna Carta special. We talk to Alexander Lock about the Charter's importance in America, and Lauren Johnson about the rol...
Kate Wiles talks to Lawrence Warner about the origins of the Middle English narrative poem Piers Plowman. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Fern Riddell talks to the historian Greg Jenner about his new book, 'A Million Years In A Day'. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...
Paul Lay and Richard Dale discuss the mysterious death of a liveryman at St Paul's Cathedral in 1514. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
Gerard Russell and Tom Holland discuss the plight of religious minorities in Iraq and Syria. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
Matt Carr discusses Sherman's March to the Sea, a key turning point in the American Civil War. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...
Charles Freeman discusses his research into one of history's greatest mysteries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...
Roger Moorhouse discusses the pact between Hitler and Stalin, which lasted from 1939 to 1941. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
The American filmmaker Ken Burns talks about his latest documentary, The Roosevelts: An Intimate History. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...
Onyeka joins us to introduce a number of aspiring Africans who made an impact on Georgian society during the 18th century. Hosted on Acast....
Raoul McLoughlin talks about Rome’s desire for an African empire, a fierce struggle for trade, land and the search for the source of the Nil...
Paul Lay talks to Ian Bradley about how the Scots were the most vocal advocates of a vibrant, imperial, Protestant Great Britain. Hosted on...
We speak to Gyanesh Kudaisya about the final years of Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first prime minister, who died in May 1964. Hosted on Acast....
In this episode Charlotte Crow talks to Jessie Childs about her article in the April issue of History Today, Beware the Foul Fiends, which c...
We speak to Calder Walton, the author of Empire of Secrets: British Intelligence, the Cold War and the Twilight of Empire, which won the Lon...
Richard Weight joins us to discuss Britain's reluctant regicides, and why the country is embarrassed by its revolutionary past. Hosted on Ac...
Mark Horton tells the story of an archaeological dig that may have fuelled the fantasies of J.R.R. Tolkien. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/p...
In this episode, Jacob Norris discusses the real history of Bethlehem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Allan Mallinson joins us to discuss a 'lost' memo penned by Winston Churchill in 1911 concerning the prospect of a European war, a missive t...
Jerry White discusses the housing crisis that afflicted London during the First World War, one that had a profound affect on living conditio...