Indonesia’s Heroic History | History Today
When Indonesia’s former president Suharto died aged 86 in 2008, the nation began a week of mourning and conflicted reflection.
Letters from Our Readers on the 75th Anniversary
I remember back in 1951 when my father came home with the first issue of History Today. It cost half
Suharto and Indonesia’s Heroic History
When Indonesia’s former president Suharto died aged 86 in 2008, the nation began a week of mourning and conflicted reflection.
Kent Philpott and the Origins of Conversion Therapy
In the summer of 1967 thousands of young people descended on San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district in search of sex, drugs,
A 75th Anniversary Letter from the Editors
The January 2026 issue marks the 75th anniversary of History Today’s first publication in January 1951. In a 1986 profile,
‘On Pedantry’ by Arnoud S.Q. Visser review
People have never liked lectures from know-it-alls. When the Roman authorities handed over the Christian grammarian Cassian of Imola to
Upside-Down Iftar by Maysa Odeh illustated by Nadina Issa
Jan10 This 32 page picture book is beautifully illustrated and set in Ramadan with the premise being Teta can’t fast
Our Readers on the 75th Anniversary
I remember back in 1951 when my father came home with the first issue of History Today. It cost half
The Ambassador, the Spy, and the Chocolatier
The prominence of the Dutch in global trade, combined with the industry of their press, made the 18th-century Dutch Republic
‘The Queenship of Mathilda of Flanders’ by Laura L. Gathagan review
In 2019 I travelled to Caen in Normandy to visit the Abbey of Holy Trinity and accidentally attended a baptism.
