The First Christmas Celebration | History Today
When was Christ born? Early opinion differed. Clement of Alexandria, at the turn of the third century, thought it was
Understanding the Northern Lights | History Today
Not long after nightfall on 6 March 1716 a dazzling display of lights reilluminated the skies over most of Europe,
The Wreck of the San José
On 8 June 1708, near the Caribbean coast of present-day Colombia, British warships destroyed the San José, the flagship of
How Has Public History Changed Since 1951?
‘In 1951 Britain did not need “public history” to remind us that great events had reshaped our world’ Geoffrey Parker
The Maharajah’s English Tutor
The Maharajah’s English Tutor James Hoare Wed, 12/17/2025 – 09:05 Source link
Jacquard Patents His First Loom
When the computer pioneer Charles Babbage received guests, he liked to show them a framed portrait of the French weaver
Oswald of Northumbria: An English Saint in the Alps
Outside Bad Kleinkirchheim, a small and remote Alpine spa resort in Carinthia, is a hamlet called Sankt Oswald. It is
William Golding’s Island of Savagery
William Golding’s Lord of the Flies (1954) is a profoundly – even unsettlingly – historical novel. Granted, it doesn’t look
Tito: Britain’s Man in Belgrade
Tito: Britain’s Man in Belgrade James Hoare Mon, 12/15/2025 – 09:10 Source link
‘The French Revolution: A Political History’ by John Hardman review
What was revolutionary about the French Revolution? Contemporary critics such as Edmund Burke lamented that France’s tyro politicians had squandered
