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"Hist. Rev." redirects here. For for the Serbian journal, see Historical Review.
For other uses, see History Today (disambiguation).
History Today
File:History Today cover.jpg
History Today, April 2013.
FrequencyMonthly
Circulation17,100 (2019)
PublisherAndy Patterson
First issueJanuary 1951
CompanyHistory Today Ltd
CountryUnited Kingdom
Based inLondon
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.historytoday.com
ISSN0018-2753

History Today is an illustrated history magazine. Published monthly in London since January 1951, it presents serious and authoritative history to as wide a public as possible.[1] The magazine covers all periods and geographical regions and publishes articles of traditional narrative history alongside new research and historiography.[2] A sister publication History Review, produced tri-annually until April 2012, provided information for sixth form history students.

History

The magazine was founded after the Second World War, by Brendan Bracken, Minister of Information, chairman of the Financial Times and close associate of Sir Winston Churchill.[3] The magazine has been independently owned since 1981.[4] The founding co-editors were Peter Quennell, a 'dashing English man of letters'[5] and Alan Hodge, former journalist at the Financial Times.[6]

The website contains all the magazine's published content since 1951. A digital edition, available on a dedicated app, was launched in 2012 and re-released with improvements in 2015.[7]

History Review was a tri-annual sister publication of History Today magazine publishing material for sixth form level history students. The final issue of History Review was published in April 2012[8].

The history departments of the Ohio State University and Miami University recognized the magazine as a "Best in History Online pick" as "a history magazine who aims to bring serious history to a wide audience."[9]

Editors

  • Peter Quennell (January 1951–October 1979) and Alan Hodge (January 1951–June 1979)
  • Michael Crowder (November 1979–July 1981)
  • Michael Trend (August 1981–April 1982)
  • Juliet Gardiner (May 1982– August 1985)
  • Gordon Marsden (September 1985–October 1997)[10]
  • Peter Furtado (January 1998–August 2008)[11]
  • Paul Lay (January 2009–January 2022)[12]

Contributors

Contributors have included:

Awards

Since 1997, The Longman History Today Charitable Trust, has held an annual awards ceremony at which presentations are made to those that have fostered a wider understanding of, and enthusiasm for, history. The awards are for Book of the Year, awarded for a first or second book, Historical Picture Researcher of the Year, an undergraduate dissertation prize (since 2003[13]) and the Trustees' Award, for a person or organisation that has made a major contribution to history.[14]

References

  1. ^ Terry Haydn (2015). "History magazines in the UK". Commercialised History. Popular History Magazines in Europe: Approaches to a Historico-Cultural Phenomenon as the Basis for History Teaching (PDF). Peter Lang AG. pp. 275–294.
  2. ^ iholowaty (2015-05-19). "New e-access: History Today, 1951-current". Bodleian History Faculty Library at Oxford. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  3. ^ "History Today - Articles - Making History". archives.history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  4. ^ "History Today and tomorrow - trust established to take over History Today magazine - Brief Article". IndexArticles. 2021-06-30. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  5. ^ Lambert, Bruce (1993-10-31). "Peter Quennell, a Man of Letters And Man About Town, Dies at 88". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  6. ^ "History Today - Articles - Making History". archives.history.ac.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  7. ^ "History Today magazine changes digital publishing platform, launches new digital edition app". Retrieved 2022-01-24.
  8. ^ "British Library Item details". primocat.bl.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  9. ^ "Best in History Online: History Today," 26 April 2016, Stanton Foundation, Copyright © 2020 The Ohio State University, College of Arts and Sciences.
  10. ^ "Gordon Marsden". 2002-10-21. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  11. ^ "Peter Furtado". thamesandhudson.com. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  12. ^ "Media jobs UK: Latest big moves in news media tracked by Press Gazette". Press Gazette. 2022-02-24. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  13. ^ "Transactions of the Royal Historical Society", Royal Historical Society, vol. 12, no. Sixth Series, Cambridge University Press, 16 January 2003, ISBN 978-0-521-81561-1
  14. ^ "Awards; History Today". www.historytoday.com.
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