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  • Losing sight of the glory: five centuries of combat surgery

      Historian article
    Michael Crumplin traces developments in surgery that can be directly attributed to changes in the conduct of war. Little doubt exists that war accelerates and innovates medical care. Today, our armed services can rely upon sound medical treatment if they are sick or wounded, with survival rates of above 90%. This...
    Losing sight of the glory: five centuries of combat surgery

  • Film: Writing history - The Life & Legend of the Sultan Saladin

      Writing history featuring Professor Jonathan Phillips
    In this first film from our new ‘meet the author’ series Professor Jonathan Phillips explores the memory of Sultan Saladin not just in the West but also in the Middle East, and how he researched this information in preparation for his new book. In this interview we ask questions about...
    Film: Writing history - The Life & Legend of the Sultan Saladin

  • Arnold Wilkins: Pioneer of British Radar

      Historian article
    Whenever British radar is discussed the name that usually comes to mind is that of Robert Watson Watt. Our history books and our dictionaries of biography consistently attribute the discovery of radar in Britain solely to Watson Watt, with little or no mention of the key role played by his...
    Arnold Wilkins: Pioneer of British Radar

  • The Advent of Decimalisation in Britain: 1971

      Historian article
    Decimal Day in Britain was Monday 15 February 1971. New coins and notes were circulated. There was no special issue postage stamp to commemorate the occasion, only a new series with some unfamiliar values, such as 7½p instead of 1s 6d. The fortieth anniversary of the arrival of decimal currency...
    The Advent of Decimalisation in Britain: 1971

  • The Waggoners’ Memorial

      Historian article
    Paula Kitching introduces a very remarkable First World War memorial to a specific group of Yorkshire workers.
    The Waggoners’ Memorial

  • Food, history and a sense of place?

      Historian article
    It ought to be possible to match many of the letters of the alphabet to an English place-name and its particular food-stuff. From Bath Buns to Yorkshire Pudding, this puzzle might go, by way of cakes from Eccles and Pontefract. Can you think of other letters of the alphabet and...
    Food, history and a sense of place?

  • Dr Joseph Parry: the story of Wales’ greatest composer

      Historian article
    Colin Wheldon James introduces us to a 19th-century Welsh composer who deserves far greater recognition for his achievements in Wales as well as in England and America.
    Dr Joseph Parry: the story of Wales’ greatest composer

  • Dangerous Women of the Scottish Wars of Independence

      Historian article
    Kate Ash-Irisarri shows how three redoubtable women had significant roles in the difficult and dangerous period of the Scottish Wars of Independence.
    Dangerous Women of the Scottish Wars of Independence

  • St Theobald of Provins and evidence of charcoal-burning

      Historian article
    Trevor James has been researching the ‘saintly landscape’ for over 40 years. Here is a glimpse of what he has identified.
    St Theobald of Provins and evidence of charcoal-burning

  • We will remember them: well, most of them

      Historian article
    Richard Broadhead provides a personal view on whether the mammoth task of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission can always be fulfilled, especially at a time of so many anniversaries.
    We will remember them: well, most of them

  • The German prisoner-of-war camp in Dorchester

      Historian article
    Dave Martin investigates why there is a war memorial for German soldiers, ‘buried in a foreign field’, in a Dorset churchyard.
    The German prisoner-of-war camp in Dorchester

  • A year in the life of a branch coordinator

      Historian article
    Jenni Hyde takes us through an exciting year with the Bolton Branch and provides some great ideas for other branch secretaries.
    A year in the life of a branch coordinator

  • The Historian 136: 1967 - A Year of Change

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial (Read article) 6 Homosexuality in Britain since 1967 – Harry Cocks (Read article) 12 Reviews 13 The President’s Column 14 The origins and development of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights movement in Britain from 1960 to the present – Professor Sally R. Munt (Read...
    The Historian 136: 1967 - A Year of Change

  • Rotha Lintorn-Orman: the making of a fascist leader

      Historian article
    Stephen M. Cullen draws out the influences and events that shaped one of Britain’s most significant fascist organisers and leaders.
    Rotha Lintorn-Orman: the making of a fascist leader

  • A revolution in warfare: the creation of the RAF

      Historian article
    A revolution in warfare started 100 years ago in November 1917. Paula Kitching describes the changing role of air power during the First World War that led to the creation of the RAF.
    A revolution in warfare: the creation of the RAF

  • Out and About: on the trail of the Pentrich Rebellion

      Historian feature
    Richard Gaunt introduces us to a revolutionary incident in mid-Derbyshire whose 200th anniversary is commemorated this year.
    Out and About: on the trail of the Pentrich Rebellion

  • The Institute of Historical Research (IHR)

      History Network
    The Institute of Historical Research (IHR)

  • The Historian 132: The Lady of the Black Horse

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    4 Reviews 5 Editorial (Read article) 6 The Flight to Varennes - Marisa Linton (Read article) 10 After Cook: Joseph Banks and his travelling plants, 1787- 1810 - Jordan Goodman (Read article) 15 The President’s Column 16 There and Back Again: Eleanor of Aquitaine’s journey to fetch Berengaria of Navarre -...
    The Historian 132: The Lady of the Black Horse

  • Admiral Lord Mountbatten: man of science and royal role model

      Historian article
    Mountbatten was a controversial figure who died in tragic circumstances but Adrian Smith demonstrates that, behind his aristocratic facade, he was a very adept, talented and formative personality. Four years have passed since the re-opening of Broadlands, the Hampshire home of Lord and Lady Brabourne. The house was subject to...
    Admiral Lord Mountbatten: man of science and royal role model

  • The Great Yarmouth Suspension Bridge Disaster of 1845

      Historian article
    Many communities have cataclysmic disasters which tend to dominate or define their local history. Gareth Davies reveals that the sudden collapse of the Great Yarmouth Suspension Bridge is a telling example of this trend. Beside the waters of the River Bure in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk stands a shiny black memorial...
    The Great Yarmouth Suspension Bridge Disaster of 1845

  • Polychronicon 164: The End of the Cold War

      Teaching History feature
    A quarter-century on from 1989-91, with a large amount of archive and media material available, these epic years are ripe for historical analysis. Yet their proximity to our time also throws up challenging questions about the practice of ‘contemporary history’, and the complexity of events raises larger issues about how...
    Polychronicon 164: The End of the Cold War

  • Social Unrest in the Isle of Man in 1916

      Historian article
    The Isle of Man played a remarkable role during the First World War. Over 8,000 men enlisted, which was 82.3% of the island’s men of military age. Even by the standards of the time this was high. Over 2,000 were either killed or wounded and two Victoria Crosses were awarded....
    Social Unrest in the Isle of Man in 1916

  • The archer's stake and the battle of Agincourt

      Historian article
    Our perspective on how archers performed in battle is enhanced byMark Hinsley's research into their use of protective stakes. On the approach to Agincourt in 1415 a small skirmish took place at Corbie, on the Somme. A force of French men-at-arms sallied out from the town and cut up some...
    The archer's stake and the battle of Agincourt

  • The Knights Templars

      Article
    Professor Malcolm Barber explores the rise and fall of the Knights Templars. "The master of the Temple was a good knight and stout-hearted, but he mistreated all other people as he was too overweening. He would not place any credence in the advice of the master of the Hospital, Brother...
    The Knights Templars

  • The Battle of Waterloo: Sunday 18 June 1815

      Historian article
    John Morewood explores the events of 18 June 1815 in detail and asks just how accurate is our view of what happened on the field of Waterloo. Summary Waterloo is the most famous battle in a four-battle campaign fought from 15 June to 19 June 1815. On one side were...
    The Battle of Waterloo: Sunday 18 June 1815