Historical perspectives
Take a look at our selection of articles to capture your interest in all things historical, from heroes and narratives, to historians in disagreement.
Crossing the divide
Things We Forgot To Remember explores the gap between what we think we know about history, and what actually happened. How can we start bridging the memory gap?
Who are you?
How does the history of the family give way to the history of the individual? How do others build their own sense of self? Discover the change and continuity at the heart of family and identity.
The tales we tell ourselves
The Western historical tradition began with tales of heroes and villains, victors and vanquished. Their characteristics get re-invented by each age in heroes and narratives.
Our lives on screen
Increasingly, historians are coming to recognise that our past can be explored as much through entertainment culture as through official documents. What can we learn from popular history?
One event, many perspectives
Why can't we arrive at an agreed version of the past - or even of what history is? Why do historians disagree?
Content last updated: 25/08/2006
