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In the continuing series 'What is...history?' eight historians define political history - an area sometimes regarded as 'narrow', 'elitist' or simply 'dull',

A new form of antiquarianism? Celebrating experience at the expense of analysis? Seven leading historians seek to define social history.

Frank McDonough looks at the old question of whether history is made by great individuals or impersonal forces.

The contribution of the witnesses from the Battle of Algiers to the debate on contemporary history.

From Garotters to Peaky Blinders: is youth ‘not what it used to be’?