Volume: 61 Issue: 5
Contents of History Today, May 2011 |
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As the Coalition government marks its first anniversary Martin Pugh sees its blend of Liberal and Conservative policies mirrored in the long and chequered career... |
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In the interests of historical research Lucy Worsley adopted the dental hygiene habits of previous centuries. |
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Alex von Tunzelmann reassesses a two-part article on the troubled relationship between the United States and Cuba, published in History Today 50 years ago... |
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Paul Lay introduces the May issue of our 61st volume. |
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Writing her first historical novel has raised some unexpected challenges for the historian Stella Tillyard. |
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A selection of readers' correspondence with the editor, Paul Lay. |
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A Canadian government poster from the First World War appeals to its citizens to 'Waste not, want not'. |
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Patrick Little celebrates the life and career of a major historian of Early Modern Britain. |
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Almost none of the large outdoor artworks commissioned for the 1951 Festival of Britain has survived. Alan Powers discusses one that did, a mural by John Piper,... |
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One of the last popes to play a major role in international affairs, Innocent XI defied Louis XIV, the Sun King, and played a decisive part in the defence of... |
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The historical roots of the dispute between China and Japan over control of the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands reveal a great deal about the two countries’ current global... |
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The Britain that emerged victorious from the Second World War was impoverished, bomb-damaged and ration-weary. The Festival of Britain of 1951 (the year of ... |
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Richard Cavendish describes the Battle of Albuera, on May 16th, 1811. |
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The Victorian era was an age of faith – which is why it was also a golden period of progress, argues Tim Stanley. |
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The great trading companies that originated in early modern Europe are often seen as pioneers of western imperialism. The Levant Company was different, argues... |
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Richard Cavendish describes the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary on May 27th, 1936. |
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Richard Cavendish charts the events leading up to the Mexican dictator, Porfirio Diaz's, fall from power in 1911. |
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Janina Ramirez, presenter of a new BBC documentary on Iceland and its literature, explores the country’s sagas, their wide-ranging legacy and what they tell us... |
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The trade in human organs has given rise to many myths. We should look to its history, argues Richard Sugg, if we are to comprehend its reality. |
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The ‘biggest, bloodiest and longest battle on English soil’ was fought at Towton in Yorkshire on Palm Sunday 1461. Its brutality was a consequence of deep... |
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On the centenary of the death of W.S.Gilbert Ian Bradley examines the achievements of the surprisingly radical Victorian dramatist and librettist who, in... |
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Lara Feigel reviews Grace Brockington's re-evaluation of the British modernist and peace movements during the First World War. |
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Nick Poyntz reviews Adam Smyth's account of autobiography in early modern England. |
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Sheila Rowbotham reviews a collection of essays by Eric Hobsbawm. |
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Nigel Saul reviews Edmund King's account of the civil war during King Stephen's reign. |
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Richard Serjeantson reviews Gregory Claeys' history of utopia. |
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Deborah Cohen reviews Francesca Beauman's history of the Lonely Hearts ad. |
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David Priestland reviews Lenoe's account of the assassination of Sergei Kirov in 1934. |
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Juliet Gardiner reviews Michael Wallis' illustrated history of the Wild West. |
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Taylor Downing reviews Harbutt's account of the Yalta Conference of February 1945. |