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History

September 2024

  • The distinctive English Heritage blue plaque has been a feature on buildings around London for well over a century.

    English Heritage asks public for help to recover London’s ‘lost’ plaques

    War damage, demolition and refurbishment blamed for disappearing roundels now themselves part of history
  • A cartoon of a female detective pushing a criminal against a wall.

    Undercover women: the story of how Victorian female police cracked crime

    Although women weren’t allowed to become police officers until 1917, a new book explores their vital role as ‘searchers’

    • Pride or shame? British history is too complex to be seen in such glib terms

      Kenan Malik

    • University Guide 2025
      Best UK universities for history – league table

    • Where’s British pride in our contribution to science and the Enlightenment?

August 2024

  • Davies pictured in Nablus, the West Bank.

    Michael Davies obituary

  • Robert Lee

    Other lives
    Robert Lee obituary

  • a father stands with two of his children

    Ron DeSantis banned lessons on racism in Florida public schools. ‘Freedom schools’ fill the gaps

  • Chris Williams

    Letter: Chris Williams obituary

  • Museum restoration in Snowdonia will put slate back at centre of Welsh history

  • ‘Monument to history’ battle between US and China over future of Mao’s secretary’s diary

  • Hidden gems from the world of research
    Detectorists’ finds rewrite history by unearthing the real story of money

    Torsten Bell

  • The long read
    A Chinese-born writer’s quest to understand the Vikings, Normans and life on the English coast

  • Trevor Burnard obituary

  • Other lives
    John Steane obituary

July 2024

  • Headshot of Trevor Burnard smiling

    Tributes paid to historian lauded for work on Atlantic slavery

    Prof Trevor Burnard’s expertise helped lead to apology by the Scott Trust, owner of the Guardian, over links to trade
  • Micheal Neal

    Other lives
    Michael Neal obituary

    Other lives: History teacher at Eton who became a creative headteacher of Cranborne Chase school for girls in Wiltshire

    • Rampant slaughter! Sexy armour! Tiger maulings! We bust the gladiator myths

    • Mistruths we’re told about British history

    • Goldsmiths ‘determined’ to close Black British literature course, critics say

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