History Today Explained

History Today
Editor:	Rhys Griffiths and Kate Wiles
Frequency:	Monthly
Circulation:	17,100 (2019)
Company:	History Today Ltd
Publisher:	Amanda Synnott
Country:	United Kingdom
Based:	London
Language:	English
Website:	www.historytoday.com
Issn:	0018-2753

History Today is a history magazine. Published monthly in London since January 1951, it presents 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]

History

The magazine was founded after the Second World War, by Brendan Bracken, former 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.

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.^[6]

History Review was a tri-annual sister publication of History Today magazine publishing material for sixth form level history students. Launched in 1995, the final issue of History Review was published in April 2012.^[7]

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)^[8]
• Peter Furtado (January 1998–August 2008)^[9]
• Paul Lay (January 2009–January 2022)^[10]
• Rhys Griffiths and Kate Wiles (July 2022–present)^[11]

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 main prize in the Longman-History Today Awards is for Book of the Year, given for an author's first or second history book.^[12] Since 2003, a prize for an undergraduate dissertation has been presented in association with the Royal Historical Society. The Trustees' Award is presented to a person or organisation that has made a major contribution to history.^[13] Past winners of the Trustees' Award include Professor David Olusoga.^[14]

Notes and References

1. Book: Terry Haydn . Commercialised History. Popular History Magazines in Europe: Approaches to a Historico-Cultural Phenomenon as the Basis for History Teaching. 2015. Peter Lang AG. 275–294. History magazines in the UK. j.ctv9hj7qx.13 . 9783631657799 .
2. Web site: iholowaty. 2015-05-19. New e-access: History Today, 1951-current. 2022-02-24. Bodleian History Faculty Library at Oxford. en-US.
3. Web site: Peter Furtado. History Today - Articles - Making History. 2022-02-24. archives.history.ac.uk.
4. Web site: 2021-06-30. History Today and tomorrow - trust established to take over History Today magazine - Brief Article. 2022-02-24. IndexArticles. en-US.
5. News: Lambert. Bruce. 1993-10-31. Peter Quennell, a Man of Letters And Man About Town, Dies at 88. en-US. The New York Times. 2022-02-24. 0362-4331.
6. Web site: History Today magazine changes digital publishing platform, launches new digital edition app. 2022-01-24. en-US.
7. Web site: British Library Item details. 2022-02-24. primocat.bl.uk.
8. News: 2002-10-21. Gordon Marsden. en-GB. 2022-02-24.
9. Web site: Peter Furtado. 2022-02-24. thamesandhudson.com.
10. Web site: 2022-02-24. Media jobs UK: Latest big moves in news media tracked by Press Gazette. 2022-02-24. Press Gazette. en-US.
11. Web site: Masthead History Today. . 2022-06-23 . www.historytoday.com.
12. Web site: 2011-11-09. The Longman-History Today Book of the Year longlist is announced, with three Yale titles in the running. 2022-02-25. Yale University Press London Blog. en-US.
13. Web site: Awards; History Today. www.historytoday.com.
14. Web site: Top historian for University of Bedfordshire's Black and British online event. Bev Creagh. 2021-10-04. 2022-02-25. www.lutontoday.co.uk. en.