What makes The Historian magazine special?

The Historian is the HA’s flagship general interest magazine, offering in‑depth yet highly readable history written by leading experts alongside unique research from HA members. It provides a rich and wide‑ranging mix of articles, reviews, and original content you won’t find anywhere else, making it an essential read for anyone passionate about history. Historian members receive new editions quarterly and access to the full archive.

The Historian magazine is free to HA Historian Members. Browse our recent open-access editions:

• The Historian: Issue 164 (February 2025, Ancient Worlds)
  This globally-minded issue explores fresh archaeological discoveries, diverse ancient cultures, and new approaches to understanding the past — from Iron Age Wales and Nabataea to Roman and sub‑Roman Britain, ancient China, and beyond.
• The Historian: Issue 162 (July 2024, Environment)
  This edition explores how environmental history presents a larger, more encompassing field in which historians have explored the entanglement between humans and the natural world as they have changed over time.

Explore all past editions or take a look at our regular features library, both of which are unlocked with Historian membership.

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