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'
The Murky World of Peter Rachman
Neil Root investigates the life and times of the notorious slum landlord
How I Discovered Kathleen Harriman's Wartime Letters
Geoffrey Roberts weighs the historical significance of the letters written by Kathleen Harriman during the Second World War.
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D-Day: Nineteen Forty-Four – The Invasion (Part 2 of 3)
In this special commemorative feature, nineteen historians tell the story of Operation Overlord, or D-Day, in forty-four images
A Very Private Life – Nikolai Tolstoy Remembers Patrick O’Brian
We look back at the life of the 'greatest historical novelist of all time'
The Summer of 69 (Part 2 of 2)
The Moon landings gave the summer of 1969 its defining story. But elsewhere in the world many other events of consequence were playing out
Herbert Ponting's Photographs of Antarctica in Colour
Colourised and remastered images from Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition
Bookshelf
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
Our Favourite History Books of 2025
From earthquakes to aeroplanes, Picasso to Thomas More, here are ten of our favourite history books, published over the past year
New History Books for November 2025
From the North Sea to Mexico, fossil hunting to the Soviet Union
Features
The Murky World of Peter Rachman
Neil Root investigates the life and times of the notorious slum landlord
How I Discovered Kathleen Harriman's Wartime Letters
Geoffrey Roberts weighs the historical significance of the letters written by Kathleen Harriman during the Second World War.
Gabriele Tadino Goes to Rhodes
Edoardo Albert pinpoints a critical moment in the contest between the Venetians, the Knights Hospitaller and the Ottomans.
1877: Recruiting Sergeants in Westminster
By the mid-Victorian Age people were beginning to look at recruiting sergeants with fresh eyes
Interviews
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'
Mad Tom's Rising with Ian Breckon
The author Ian Breckon recalls one of the most peculiar revolts in English history
Meeting the Mavericks with Nick Higham
Nick Higham tells us about his vibrant cast of British servicemen who fought to save Baku from the Turks in 1918
You Are Elizabeth Bennet with Emma Campbell Webster
The author Emma Campbell Webster invites you to step into a Jane Austen novel
Snapshot
1877: Recruiting Sergeants in Westminster
By the mid-Victorian Age people were beginning to look at recruiting sergeants with fresh eyes
1892: Tower Bridge, London
At the end of the nineteenth century the gaunt arms of an engineering wonder stretched across the River Thames