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  • Havelock Hall: the East India Company college gymnasium at Addiscombe

      Historian article
    Trevor James emphasises the importance of this structure in England’s sporting landscape. Tucked behind the houses in Havelock Road in the East Croydon suburb of Addiscombe is a seemingly unprepossessing building, known locally as ‘Havelock Hall’. Now converted into flats, it derives its name from its late nineteenth-century religious use,...
    Havelock Hall: the East India Company college gymnasium at Addiscombe

  • The Historian 140: A Shared History

      The magazine of the Historical Association
    Contents 4 Reviews 5 Editorial (Read article) 8 Civil Rights: 1968 and Northern Ireland – Jim McBride (Read article) 13 Dr Joseph Parry: the story of Wales’ greatest composer – Colin Wheldon James (Read article) 18 National distinctions entirely laid aside?: British history through the eyes of Welsh writers in the...
    The Historian 140: A Shared History

  • The initial impact of the Battle of Jutland on the people of Portsmouth

      Historian article
    This local study by Steve Doe draws together the human effects of what happened at the Battle of Jutland in June 1916 with accounts of how the families of those who fought in the battle and the wider local community dealt with the tragedy.
    The initial impact of the Battle of Jutland on the people of Portsmouth

  • English first-aid organisations and the Provisional IRA mainland bombing campaign of 1974

      Historian article
    Barry Doyle reveals how the devastating Provisional IRA bombing of two Birmingham public houses in 1974 led to a resurgence in first-aid training and preparation, on the scale with which we are familiar today.
    English first-aid organisations and the Provisional IRA mainland bombing campaign of 1974

  • Yr Ysgwrn: keeping the door open

      Historian article
    Naomi Jones describes a Welsh poet who has left a different kind of memorial to the First World War.
    Yr Ysgwrn: keeping the door open

  • The Great Charter: Then and now

      Historian article
    Magna Carta is a document not only of national but of international importance. Alexander Lock shows how its name still has power all over the world, especially in the United States. Although today only three of its clauses remain on the statute book, Magna Carta still flourishes as a potent...
    The Great Charter: Then and now

  • Civil Rights: 1968 and Northern Ireland

      Historian article
    Jim McBride looks at the growing demand for equal civil rights for the Catholic population of Northern Ireland through the 1960s, which led to the resignation of Terence O’Neill in 1969.
    Civil Rights: 1968 and Northern Ireland

  • The Tudor monarchy in Ireland

      Historian article
    Sean Connolly illustrates how Tudor dreams of a reformed Ireland were not realised – instead tensions between Irish magnates and the English Crown often erupted into violence.
    The Tudor monarchy in Ireland

  • Out and About in Derry/Londonderry

      Historian feature
    Jenni Hyde was out and about in Derry in 2016 and describes how the sights of the city tell the story of a history which is so much more than just the legacy of the Troubles.
    Out and About in Derry/Londonderry

  • My Favourite History Place: Llanelly House and Saint Elli’s Church

      Historian feature
    There are so many delightful places of historical interest in Wales that it is very difficult to select just one or two as favourites but among contenders must be those visited by the Pontllanfraith Branch of the Gwent Historical Association in August 2018...
    My Favourite History Place: Llanelly House and Saint Elli’s Church

  • Kings and coins in later Anglo-Saxon England

      Historian article
    The study of Anglo-Saxon coins shows the sophistication of tenth- and eleventh-century government and of the economy. But they carried a moral and religious message too.
    Kings and coins in later Anglo-Saxon England

  • The Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms and Europe

      Historian article
    The riches of surviving Anglo-Saxon manuscripts showcased in a fabulous new exhibition at the British Library emphasises the essential interconnections between England and the Continent.
    The Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms and Europe

  • Anglo-Saxon women and power

      Historian article
    Elite Anglo-Saxon women played a powerful role in the religious affairs and politics of their day and were important patrons of learning and culture.
    Anglo-Saxon women and power

  • Alfred versus the Viking Great Army

      Historian article
    Stunning archaeological discoveries have shed new light on the reign of Alfred the Great and his struggles with the Vikings, revealing the might of the Viking armies and the international connections of his kingdom.
    Alfred versus the Viking Great Army

  • The Venerable Bede: recent research

      Historian article
    The eighth-century monk is renowned as the ‘Father of English History’, but recent scholarship has demonstrated how important he was as a scientist and theologian and how his writings on the Bible can illuminate his famous history.
    The Venerable Bede: recent research

  • Parliament, people or privilege: Do we need a better understanding of constitutional history?

      Historical Association conference 2017: round table discussion
    Join our panel, including Dr Alix Green, Professor Tony Badger and Professor Justin Champion as they discuss how recent polls and election results have confounded many pundits. Do calls to ‘give us our country back’ or ‘return our sovereignty’ suggest that many people in liberal democracies need a better understanding of...
    Parliament, people or privilege: Do we need a better understanding of constitutional history?

  • New light on Rendlesham

      Historian article
    New research at a royal palace site close to Sutton Hoo poses fresh questions about the nature of the early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. Christopher Scull and Tom Williamson look at how landscape studies can change our understanding of early English royal rule.
    New light on Rendlesham

  • The development of the Department of Health

      Historian article
    Health as a specific feature of central government strategy is a relatively recent phenomenon and Hugh Gault identifies how this feature of everyday headlines in our newspapers has been managed until the present time. At the start of the twentieth  century Lord Salisbury’s Cabinet comprised four Secretaries of State –...
    The development of the Department of Health

  • Out and About with homing pigeons in the Great War

      Historian feature
    Trevor James emphasises the role and importance of ‘messenger’ pigeons on the Western Front. Amidst the one-hundredth anniversary commemorations of the ending of the Great War, there has been a sudden burst of interest, in such varying locations as both Houses of Parliament and the Antiques Roadshow, in the role...
    Out and About with homing pigeons in the Great War

  • Britain’s Jews and the First World War

      Historian article
    Jewish service in the UK military forces can be traced back over 300 years. During the First World War that service was demonstrated into the tens of thousands. In this article the contribution of Anglo-Jewry is brought to light.
    Britain’s Jews and the First World War

  • My Favourite History Place: Keswick

      Historian feature
    Adventure is a buzz word in the tourist trade and this old market town with under 5,000 residents advertises that it is the Lake District’s Adventure Capital. There is plenty to justify the title – the challenges of mountaineering on foot, bicycle or climbing-rope, swimming, canoeing, sailing, dragon-boat racing, hang-gliding and...
    My Favourite History Place: Keswick

  • From Bedfordshire to the Arctic Circle

      Historian article
    Travelling from the Western Front to fight former Allies in Russia is not the usual story of 1919 for a British ‘Tommy’.  Yet that was the story of some of those men still serving King and Country. On 9 January 1918 the supplement to The London Gazette, an official paper...
    From Bedfordshire to the Arctic Circle

  • A fit country for heroes?

      Historian article
    In this article Steve Illingworth explores the conditions for returning British servicemen at the end of the First World War in relation to the promise by Prime Minister Lloyd George about creating ‘a fit country for heroes’. In particular, it looks at the experiences of former soldiers in Salford, a...
    A fit country for heroes?

  • Peterloo: HA interview with Mike Leigh and Jacqueline Riding

      Article
    The film Peterloo dramatises the people and events that led to the infamous ‘Peterloo’ massacre in August 1819. Respected film-maker Mike Leigh created the film using historical records and sources from the period, as he and historical adviser Jacqueline Riding explained to the HA in a recent interview, which you can watch below.  
    Peterloo: HA interview with Mike Leigh and Jacqueline Riding

  • Lucy Hughes-Hallett on telling an HA branch about a book

      Historian article
    Dave Martin interviews the author of Cleopatra: histories, dreams and distortions, winner of the Fawcett Prize and the Emily Toth Award.
    Lucy Hughes-Hallett on telling an HA branch about a book