History@Kingston

The latest issue of the UK’s History Today magazine contains an important discussion of the current situation concerning the study of history in the UK’s academic institutions, entitled ‘Why Does Academic History Matter?’ The article, which has contributions from four leading academic historians, states that the study of history at UK universities appears to be under...

While there has been tremendous interest in the life and traitorous activities of the notorious British spy Kim Philby, not many people are aware that he had a highly controversial father, St. John Philby, whose sympathies lay not with Communism but with extreme nationalism and fascism.

In 2019 a fascinating article appeared in a British journal which explored how the Third Reich’s obsession with a ‘pure’ Germanic past had led to a renewed interest in the witch hunts that took place in early modern Germany. Writing in an issue of History Today (1), historian Joel F. Harrington described how the Nazis established a secret bureau to gather evidence of...