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'
Archive
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
Mad Tom's Rising with Ian Breckon
The author Ian Breckon recalls one of the most peculiar revolts in English history
New History Books for February 2026
From the Samurais to the Fascists, Charlotte Brontë to Daniel Defoe
Gabriele Tadino Goes to Rhodes
Edoardo Albert pinpoints a critical moment in the contest between the Venetians, the Knights Hospitaller and the Ottomans
Victorian Recruiting Sergeants in Westminster (1877)
By the mid-Victorian Age people were beginning to look at recruiting sergeants with fresh eyes
Building Tower Bridge in London (1892)
At the end of the nineteenth century the gaunt arms of an engineering wonder stretched across the River Thames
New History Books for January 2026
From the Footlights to the Baltic, the Declaration of Independence to Suleiman the Magnificent
Demosthenes the Defender of Democracy
James Romm looks back at the story of the famous Athenian orator Demosthenes – a man who gave everything to defend democracy.
Reasons to Live – A Reconciliation with Mahmoud Darwish
Mai Serhan reflects on an encounter with the great Palestinian poet
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