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2 days ago · ‘Increasingly, the question is one of basic competence’ Emily Jones is Lecturer in Modern British History at the University of Manchester. F or some UK prime ministers, their fate travels no further than your local pub quiz: who was the only prime minister to have been assassinated? Spencer Perceval. 1812 for a bonus point.

According to some, written history began in the 14th century. It may seem ridiculous, but the Phantom Time conspiracy theory has serious implications. The Grammar of Angels: A Search for the Magical Powers of Language by Edward Wilson-Lee finds in …

1 day ago · T he period of Russian rule in California has almost been forgotten; but, though nothing survives of the little fortress that once commanded a river flowing out into Bodega Bay, they call it Russian river still. In fact, the first Europeans to foresee the possibilities of California were Russians, who came across Siberia, felt their way down the Pacific coast in …

Dec 12, 2024 · On 10 December 1948, after months of negotiation led by Eleanor Roosevelt, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was passed by the UN General Assembly.

4 days ago · T he 500th anniversary of Henry VIII's accession to the throne in 1509 will inevitably be marked by celebrations of his life of which the old egomaniac himself would heartily have approved. But his father, Henry Tudor (1457-1509), founder of the Tudor Age, whose tenacity enabled his 17-year-old son to come peacefully into his inheritance in April 1509, richly deserves attention at this ...

A selection of the best writing from History Today’s last 12 issues, offering historical perspectives on 2023.

Ukraine War One Year On . W ith 24 February marking the first anniversary of Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine (Crimea and Donbas having been occupied in 2014), William Rees looked at the precedents for Vladimir Putin’s narrative of Western collapse (‘Decline and Fall’).Later in the year, George Garnett reflected on Putin’s …