"If you caught the first episode of Ken Burn’s 'American Revolution,' you saw the power of the colonial press in action." ...

History Matters makes the strongest case for the enduring value of teaching, learning, and writing about those who came before us.

Yes, it began with the introduction of P. infestans, a fungus which devastated potato crops. But the fungus was so deadly ...

Camille Robcis believes that historical analysis allows us to elucidate contemporary political, economic, social, and ...

Aamilah Aswat has made history as the first ever Black British female jump jockey to race when coming fifth in the JCB ...

The most consequential shift that year was not one of battle lines but of ideology.

Families from across Calderdale came together outside Halifax Town Hall on Monday 3rd November 2025, joining the largest SEND awareness movement in UK history — Every Pair Tells a Story — to call for ...

I’ve always had a soft spot for nostalgia and anything old. October is American Archives Month, and it’s why I’ve recently been thinking more about the importance of artifacts and other physical ...

The late Pulitzer Prize-winning historian David McCullough told an audience in 2012 that writing history was like working on a detective case. "And once on the case, you want to know more and more and ...

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Next year, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, a semiquincentennial to be marked by festivities and public reflections aimed at paying ...