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A Century After Armistice, the American Popular Memory of World War I Is Still Shaped by Snoopy

The Great War has largely receded from American memory and popular culture—with the improbable exception of an animated beagle dressed as an aviator

By Carrie Allen Tipton / History Today

The Fight for Women's Suffrage in the U.K. Didn't Just Happen in Big Cities

The national campaign for suffrage saw women forming societies from Land’s End to John O’Groats

By Helen Antrobus / History Today

What the History of Air-Conditioning Tells Us About the Difficulty of Tackling Climate Change

Air conditioning across the U.S. brought an industrial boom—at a cost to the environment

By Simon Pirani / History Today

How Fascism's Influence Endured in Italy Long After Mussolini's Death

A sort of "pact of forgetting" affected many of the state’s institutions, including the police and the army

By John Foot / History Today

What Is Privacy? The Answer Has Been Changing for Decades

As technology changes, so do ideas about the borders of the self and the nature of privacy

By Sarah E. Igo / History Today

This Is What It Was Like to Be a Teenager in the Middle Ages

When does a boy become a man? Medieval "millennials" were just as hard to define as those of today

By Rachel Moss / History Today

A History of the World in 6 Kinds of Ink

From cave paintings to Kindle, our history is written in ink — adapted and reinvented to reflect, and influence, the needs of the day

By Lydia Pyne / History Today

Victorian Law Prevented a Widower From Marrying His Deceased Wife's Sister. Here's How That Changed

On the whole, despite the law, public opinion supported these marriages

By Karen Bourrier / History Today

The Idea of Drone Warfare Is Older Than You May Think

There is nothing new about uncrewed aircraft

By James Rogers / History Today

The Fight for British Women's Suffrage Was More Violent Than We Remember

Why is it so easy to forget an unsavory aspect of Britain’s recent past?

By Fern Riddell / History Today

How a Protest by Roman Women Helped Change an Ancient Law

Speeches were delivered for and against the bill. But the protesting women would not allow their voices to be silenced

By Laura McCormack / History Today

The Economic Lessons of Ancient Roman Moneylending

The Empire was very aware of the dangers of loans, which were at high interest rates

By Paul Kelly / History Today

What the Complicated History of Childbirth in the U.K. Reveals About the Home-or-Hospital Decision

Hospital or home birth has rarely been a simple choice

By Tania McIntosh / History Today

How Colonial Systems Hurt the Caribbean's Ability to Weather Hurricanes

In the wake of Hurricane Irma we are reminded that the effects of natural disasters are never entirely natural

By Oscar Webber / History Today

How an Outlaw Became the 'Turkish Lawrence of Arabia'

The dramatic life of the outlaw and special agent Eşref Bey epitomizes the end of the Ottoman Empire

By Benjamin C. Fortna / History Today

How Europe's Young Backpackers Forged a New Wave of International Collaboration

And saved priceless works of art, too

By Richard Ivan Jobs / History Today

The Greatest Library Before Alexandria

The bronze-age city of Mari was second only to Babylon, and the library of tablets it held offers rich insight into all aspects of an intricate political world

By Carly Silver/ History Today

What to Know About the 1967 Law Seen as a Milestone for Gay Rights in Britain

The law, hailed as landmark legislation on the road to gay equality, drew a mixed reaction from those it affected

By John-Pierre Joyce / History Today

What the Women of Britain's Early Factories Did About Work-Life Balance

As the Industrial Revolution wrought widespread social changes, female cotton industry workers’ lives changed dramatically

By Sue Wilkes / History Today

The Real History Behind Picasso's 'Guernica'

A flight of bombers pummeled the Basque town of Gernika for three hours on April 26, 1937

By Danny Bird / History Today
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