What the Genoese Could Have Told the Dutch
Nicholas Walton finds similarities in the histories of the Genoese and the Dutch
New History Books for November 2025
From the North Sea to Mexico, fossil hunting to the Soviet Union
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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 November 2025
From the North Sea to Mexico, fossil hunting to the Soviet Union
New History Books for September 2025
From herrings to Queen Elizabeth II, the Caribbean to Christopher Marlowe
Features
What the Genoese Could Have Told the Dutch
Nicholas Walton finds similarities in the histories of the Genoese and the Dutch
Meet me at the Cemetery Gates
Little spaces, profound stories. Roger Luckhurst tells us about London's hidden cemeteries
Interviews
You Are Elizabeth Bennet
The author Emma Campbell Webster invites you to step into a Jane Austen novel
What Matters in Jane Austen?
250 years after she was born, Jane Austen continues to outwit her readers, as John Mullan explains
Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle
Richard Vinen tells us about his biographical study of 'the last titans'
How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World War One
Andrew Lambert's new book explores an inspired century of statecraft
Snapshot
1939: A Montana Rancher
Louis D. Hall explores the history behind one of Arthur Rothstein's finest photographs
1895: A Remarkable Railway Crash in Paris
The day in 1895 when a locomotive ploughed through the wall of Montparnasse Station