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The 75th Anniversary issue of History Today is in stores from today.
Featuring: #ColdWar Yugoslavia, Oswald of Northumbria, the wreck of the San José, British Raj, #AuroraBorealis, and more.
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Featuring: #ColdWar Yugoslavia, Oswald of Northumbria, the wreck of the San José, British Raj, #AuroraBorealis, and more.
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#AyatollahKhomeini became a lightning rod for the mass protests which overthrew the Shah of Iran in 1979, but the causes of the #IranianRevolution lay elsewhere.
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Return of the Ayatollah: Iran’s Islamic Revolution
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January 13, 2026 at 10:43 AM
#AyatollahKhomeini became a lightning rod for the mass protests which overthrew the Shah of Iran in 1979, but the causes of the #IranianRevolution lay elsewhere.
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1960s San Francisco is remembered as the capital of gay liberation, but it also saw the birth of #conversiontherapy.
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Kent Philpott and the Origins of Conversion Therapy
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January 13, 2026 at 9:45 AM
1960s San Francisco is remembered as the capital of gay liberation, but it also saw the birth of #conversiontherapy.
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Michael Jaffe traces the relationship between king and master: #CharlesI and #Rubens.
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Charles the First and Rubens
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January 13, 2026 at 8:29 AM
Michael Jaffe traces the relationship between king and master: #CharlesI and #Rubens.
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This week is the 75th anniversary of History Today.
Past editors weren’t above the odd feud, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special and where to buy it, head to buff.ly/2bUa9kH
Past editors weren’t above the odd feud, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:08 AM
This week is the 75th anniversary of History Today.
Past editors weren’t above the odd feud, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special and where to buy it, head to buff.ly/2bUa9kH
Past editors weren’t above the odd feud, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special and where to buy it, head to buff.ly/2bUa9kH
Judging a magazine by its cover with 75 years in pictures, as chosen by the team.
Three of our favourites from the 80s and 90s.
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Three of our favourites from the 80s and 90s.
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January 12, 2026 at 4:59 PM
Judging a magazine by its cover with 75 years in pictures, as chosen by the team.
Three of our favourites from the 80s and 90s.
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Three of our favourites from the 80s and 90s.
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G.M. Young portrays the golden political calm and sense of cultural comfort at play in mid- #Victorian England.
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Mid-Victorianism
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January 12, 2026 at 4:16 PM
G.M. Young portrays the golden political calm and sense of cultural comfort at play in mid- #Victorian England.
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History Today was launched 75 years ago today, and hasn’t always played by the rules.
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
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The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
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January 12, 2026 at 3:26 PM
History Today was launched 75 years ago today, and hasn’t always played by the rules.
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special and where to buy it, head to buff.ly/2bUa9kH
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
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The #MauMauRebellion ended 65 years ago #OnThisDay.
The British government sought to hide the brutality of its conduct during the Kenya Emergency. Previously hidden files reveal an unpalatable truth.
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The British government sought to hide the brutality of its conduct during the Kenya Emergency. Previously hidden files reveal an unpalatable truth.
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Rotting Among the Tetse in the Mau Mau Rebellion
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January 12, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The #MauMauRebellion ended 65 years ago #OnThisDay.
The British government sought to hide the brutality of its conduct during the Kenya Emergency. Previously hidden files reveal an unpalatable truth.
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The British government sought to hide the brutality of its conduct during the Kenya Emergency. Previously hidden files reveal an unpalatable truth.
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History Today was launched 75 years ago today.
The anniversary special is available now, featuring Cold War Yugoslavia, Oswald of Northumbria, Aurora Borealis, and a celebration of the magazine’s history.
To find out what else is inside, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
The anniversary special is available now, featuring Cold War Yugoslavia, Oswald of Northumbria, Aurora Borealis, and a celebration of the magazine’s history.
To find out what else is inside, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
January 12, 2026 at 12:04 PM
History Today was launched 75 years ago today.
The anniversary special is available now, featuring Cold War Yugoslavia, Oswald of Northumbria, Aurora Borealis, and a celebration of the magazine’s history.
To find out what else is inside, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
The anniversary special is available now, featuring Cold War Yugoslavia, Oswald of Northumbria, Aurora Borealis, and a celebration of the magazine’s history.
To find out what else is inside, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
The advent of telecommunications in the 19th century gave rise to a new literary genre through which female telegraphers and writers found social freedoms.
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Love on the Victorian Telegraph Wire
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January 12, 2026 at 10:59 AM
The advent of telecommunications in the 19th century gave rise to a new literary genre through which female telegraphers and writers found social freedoms.
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In this week’s Miscellanies: sauropod #dinosaurs were the largest land animals ever to have lived – but how did they live?
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January 12, 2026 at 9:48 AM
In this week’s Miscellanies: sauropod #dinosaurs were the largest land animals ever to have lived – but how did they live?
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The vast deserts of the American West posed logistical problems for the US Army. Camels offered a novel solution.
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The Rise and Fall of the US Army Camel Corps
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January 12, 2026 at 8:50 AM
The vast deserts of the American West posed logistical problems for the US Army. Camels offered a novel solution.
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@historytoday.com’s 1st co-editor Alan Hodge died in 1979, when his family founded a travelling fellowship in his memory @somervillecollege.bsky.social, where his wife Jane had studied. I was the beneficiary in 1979, visiting France for the first time aged 21 to research 16th-18thc MSS. So grateful
This week is the 75th anniversary of History Today, and our first co-editor certainly turned a few fedoras...
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
Find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special at buff.ly/2bUa9kH
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
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January 11, 2026 at 3:37 PM
@historytoday.com’s 1st co-editor Alan Hodge died in 1979, when his family founded a travelling fellowship in his memory @somervillecollege.bsky.social, where his wife Jane had studied. I was the beneficiary in 1979, visiting France for the first time aged 21 to research 16th-18thc MSS. So grateful
On Pedantry: A Cultural History of the Know-It-All by Arnoud S.Q. Visser explores the long history of anti-intellectualism from the death of Socrates to the culture wars.
✍️ Michael Ledger-Lomas reviews the recent #history book
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✍️ Michael Ledger-Lomas reviews the recent #history book
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‘On Pedantry’ by Arnoud S.Q. Visser review
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January 12, 2026 at 8:19 AM
On Pedantry: A Cultural History of the Know-It-All by Arnoud S.Q. Visser explores the long history of anti-intellectualism from the death of Socrates to the culture wars.
✍️ Michael Ledger-Lomas reviews the recent #history book
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✍️ Michael Ledger-Lomas reviews the recent #history book
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Happy birthday to @historytoday.com! I didn't know that the current cover design so strongly echoed the magazine's early years.
Judging a magazine by its cover with 75 years in pictures, as chosen by the team.
Starting, of course, at the beginning: the 1950s.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary issue of History Today and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
Starting, of course, at the beginning: the 1950s.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary issue of History Today and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
January 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Happy birthday to @historytoday.com! I didn't know that the current cover design so strongly echoed the magazine's early years.
This week is the 75th anniversary of History Today, and our first co-editor certainly turned a few fedoras...
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
Find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special at buff.ly/2bUa9kH
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
Find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special at buff.ly/2bUa9kH
January 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
This week is the 75th anniversary of History Today, and our first co-editor certainly turned a few fedoras...
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
Find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special at buff.ly/2bUa9kH
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
Find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special at buff.ly/2bUa9kH
This week is the 75th anniversary of History Today, and our first co-editor certainly turned a few fedoras...
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
Find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special at buff.ly/2bUa9kH
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
Find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special at buff.ly/2bUa9kH
January 11, 2026 at 2:45 PM
This week is the 75th anniversary of History Today, and our first co-editor certainly turned a few fedoras...
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
Find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special at buff.ly/2bUa9kH
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
Find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special at buff.ly/2bUa9kH
Judging a magazine by its cover with 75 years in pictures, as chosen by the team.
Today, we’re looking at the 1970s.
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Today, we’re looking at the 1970s.
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January 11, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Judging a magazine by its cover with 75 years in pictures, as chosen by the team.
Today, we’re looking at the 1970s.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary issue of History Today and where to buy it, head to buff.ly/ce1qlrz
Today, we’re looking at the 1970s.
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History Today was launched 75 years ago on Monday. Not all of those celebrating are, er, real.
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special and where to buy it, head to buff.ly/2bUa9kH
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special and where to buy it, head to buff.ly/2bUa9kH
January 11, 2026 at 1:17 PM
History Today was launched 75 years ago on Monday. Not all of those celebrating are, er, real.
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special and where to buy it, head to buff.ly/2bUa9kH
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary special and where to buy it, head to buff.ly/2bUa9kH
Judging a magazine by its cover with 75 years in pictures, as chosen by the team.
Now into the 1960s.
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Now into the 1960s.
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January 11, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Judging a magazine by its cover with 75 years in pictures, as chosen by the team.
Now into the 1960s.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary issue of History Today and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
Now into the 1960s.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary issue of History Today and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
Judging a magazine by its cover with 75 years in pictures, as chosen by the team.
Starting, of course, at the beginning: the 1950s.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary issue of History Today and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
Starting, of course, at the beginning: the 1950s.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary issue of History Today and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
January 9, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Judging a magazine by its cover with 75 years in pictures, as chosen by the team.
Starting, of course, at the beginning: the 1950s.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary issue of History Today and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
Starting, of course, at the beginning: the 1950s.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary issue of History Today and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
History Today was first published on 12 January 1951. Our readers and contributors share their memories of the magazine 75 years on.
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Our Readers on the 75th Anniversary
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January 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM
History Today was first published on 12 January 1951. Our readers and contributors share their memories of the magazine 75 years on.
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Czech writer #KarelČapek was born #OnThisDay in 1890
Čapek’s speculative 1936 novel War with the Newts held dire warnings for interwar Europe.
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Čapek’s speculative 1936 novel War with the Newts held dire warnings for interwar Europe.
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Karel Čapek’s Rise of the Newts
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January 9, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Czech writer #KarelČapek was born #OnThisDay in 1890
Čapek’s speculative 1936 novel War with the Newts held dire warnings for interwar Europe.
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Čapek’s speculative 1936 novel War with the Newts held dire warnings for interwar Europe.
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Charles Seltman presents the discovery and patronage of #Herculaneum as a classical drama.
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A Mine of Statues
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January 9, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Charles Seltman presents the discovery and patronage of #Herculaneum as a classical drama.
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🔓 This month marks the 75th Anniversary of History Today, so all articles from the first issue are now free to read.
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History Today was launched 75 years ago on Monday. Did #WinstonChurchill come up with the name?
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary issue and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary issue and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
January 9, 2026 at 10:34 AM
History Today was launched 75 years ago on Monday. Did #WinstonChurchill come up with the name?
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary issue and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine
The magazine has a colourful history, as this issue’s Glossary proves.
To find out what else is in the 75th Anniversary issue and where to buy it, head to www.historytoday.com/magazine