The Royal Air Force's bombing offensive against Nazi Germany
Richard Strachan, author of the WW2 novel Night Fire, examines the history behind the RAF's aggressive bombing campaign against the Germans.
The Beauty and the Terror in Renoir’s ‘Pink and Blue’
This 1881 portrait of Alice and Elisabeth Cahen d'Anvers would inspire Catherine Ostler's The Renoir Girls
What is a blockade – and do they work?
As President Trump announces his blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, we glance back at the history of this military tactic
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You Are Elizabeth Bennet with Emma Campbell Webster
The author Emma Campbell Webster invites you to step into a Jane Austen novel
Bookshelf
New History Books for March 2026
From Silence to the Battle of Trafalgar, King Henry VII to Adolf Hitler
New History Books for February 2026
From the Samurais to the Fascists, Charlotte Brontë to Daniel Defoe
New History Books for January 2026
From the Footlights to the Baltic, the Declaration of Independence to Suleiman the Magnificent
Features
The Royal Air Force's bombing offensive against Nazi Germany
Richard Strachan, author of the WW2 novel Night Fire, examines the history behind the RAF's aggressive bombing campaign against the Germans.
The Beauty and the Terror in Renoir’s ‘Pink and Blue’
This 1881 portrait of Alice and Elisabeth Cahen d'Anvers would inspire Catherine Ostler's The Renoir Girls
The Hapsburgs and the French Revolution
Upon the outbreak of the French Revolution, Europe's first family, the Hapsburg, were propelled into a crisis that they struggled to contain
Interviews
The General Strike of 1926 with Jonathan Schneer
The General Strike of 1926 marked a precarious moment in British political and social history, as Jonathan Schneer explains
Adolf Hitler's Strange Death with Caroline Sharples
On 30 April 1945 Adolf Hitler committed suicide in Berlin. But the story of the Führer's death is more complicated than these bare facts suggest, explains the historian Caroline Sharples
A History of Intelligence with David Brydan
David Brydan, the author of Smart, explains how our ideas about human intelligence have changed over time.
The Killing Age with Clifton Crais
One of the great terrors of the Enlightenment lay in the way it justified death as the cost of progress. Clifton Crais explains his view of 'the Killing Age'
Snapshot
What is a blockade – and do they work?
As President Trump announces his blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, we glance back at the history of this military tactic
October 1989: Proclamation of the Republic of Hungary
This photograph shows the US ambassador among the crowds as the Republic of Hungary was proclaimed by Mátyás Szűrös in 1989