Disclaimer: History Today is addictive!!! Those that have read my reviews before will have read that I am a history student and therefore reading historical publications are not just a matter of choice they are a matter of necessity. I began my subscription to History Today Magazine two years ago and I can whole heartedly confirm that my studies have been complimented and enriched. History Today magazine celebrated its 60th anniversary this January, its first publication in 1951 would have cost you half a crown. The magazine's credibility as purely academic, coupled with just a tad of inflation, has boosted the price considerably and now you're ...  Read the complete review

With an Editorial Board that includes Lord (Asa) Briggs, formerly Chancellor of the Open University, and Dr David Starkey, of Fitzwilliam College Cambridge and well known TV historian, this magazine must have bundles of academic credibilty. ------------------------------- FACTS AND FIGURES -------------------------------- The price per issue is £4.20 per month, with a nice glossy colour cover. It is available in good newsagents, such as WH Smith, and also by subscription. See www.historytoday.com for more details, lots of debate and back issues. Some articles are only available in full on-line with a subscription, ...  Read the complete review

Its quite a difficult task to review a magazine that by its very nature is never the same two issues running. The bulk of the magazine is a collection of articles and essays which very in style and content by their subject matter and not least by their author. However there are some common factors on which the magazine is founded, and it is with them that we shall begin. History Today has been around for a long time and is widely acknowledged as the premier history periodical in circulation today. Although my research into its past proved inconclusive the magazine has been a popular publication back into the sixties and if the number system hasn't changed then ...  Read the complete review