If you had read my Wikipedia entry several years ago you would have found the following: "His long-awaited biography of Lord Haw-Haw is now long overdue." Thank you, to that anonymous scribe. Even some friends
Note from the Editor: Here at History Matters we really do think that, well, history matters. We’re also aware of the huge range of ways history can be done, and histories can be told. From
This week a book I co-wrote with Tim Hitchcock was published. London Lives: Poverty, Crime and the Making of a Modern City, 1690-1800, published in print and as an eBook, is intended to have an original
Soon after some fifty historians made a public statement against the rising intolerance against minorities in India, the attacks on them began. These ranged from calling them opportunists, minority-appeasers and pseudo-secularists, to calling into question
Just over a week ago, I came up with an idea for a campaign to raise my Twitter presence and share some of my research. I decided to tweet each of my new followers with
History Matters met Prof Laurent Turcot, historical advisor on Assassins Creed: Unity, to talk popular history, video games and controversy. Interview and translation by Anna Jenkin. Laurent, how did you become a historical advisor for