HISTORY TODAY MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘1956’ – The Cold War’s winter of discontent….

Hungary’s Contested 1956 Revolution

In late 1956 hundreds of thousands of Hungarians joined an uprising against the country’s Moscow-oriented government. 70 years on, the revolution’s meaning is still unclear.

The Victorian Origins of Investigative Journalism

Incognito investigative journalism was a Victorian invention. What explained its overnight success?

How Did the Suez Crisis Change the World?

The military attempt to reverse Egypt’s nationalisation of the Suez Canal in 1956 was a disaster for Britain. What were the consequences?

Isabel Allende’s Chilean Exorcism

Why did Chilean history take such a wrong turn? For Isabel Allende the question is best asked with fiction.

Britain and the Premium Bond

For much of its modern history state lotteries were seen as antithetical to Britain’s moral values. The introduction of the Premium Savings Bond in 1956 was a major shift in government policy. What had caused it?