WIN! This month, we're giving you the chance to win a copy of 'The Gravity of Feathers: Fame, Fortune and the Story of St Kilda' by Andrew Fleming. 📚 Enter via Wolfson History Prize on Instagram. Entries close 12/08/2026 10AM BST. UK Only. bit.ly/4vErZYh

For the past 54 years, the #WolfsonHistoryPrize has paid tribute to the best historical writing produced in the UK. 📚 Today, we look back at the 1980s, when winning books ranged from sweeping studies of empires and global power to social history, biography and medieval Britain.

Explore this week's #WolfsonHistoryPrize reading list on medieval Europe. 📙Living and Dying in England 1100-1540: The Monastic Experience (Barbara Harvey) 📙Going to Church in Medieval England (Nicholas Orme) 📙The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe (James Belich)

Since 1972, the #WolfsonHistoryPrize has paid tribute to the best historical writing being produced in the UK. Join us as we celebrate the winning and shortlisted titles of the 1970s.

Delve into the #WolfsonHistoryPrize reading list on 20th-century Europe. 📙 London in the Twentieth Century: A City and Its People (Jerry White) 📙 The Fall of France: The Nazi Invasion of 1940 (Julian Jackson) 📙National Service: Conscription in Britain, 1945-1963 (Richard Vinen)

This week's #WolfsonHistoryPrize reading list explores the Enlightenment and Revolutions. 📙A People’s Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924 (Orlando Figes) 📙The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (Frances Yates) 📙Enlightenment: Britain and the Creation of the Modern World (Roy Porter)

We are spotlighting another judge for the 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize. Sudhir Hazareesingh joined the judging panel in 2022, having been awarded the Wolfson History Prize the year before for Black Spartacus: The Epic life of Toussaint Louverture.

The Norwich History Festival is back from 14 - 24 July! The 2024 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlisted author Nandini Das and the 1999 winner Antony Beevor will be speaking at the event. For more information and tickets, see here. norwichhistoryfestival.co.uk

This week's #WolfsonHistoryPrize reading list explores the Reformation and the Renaissance. 📙Black Tudors: The Untold Story (Miranda Kaufmann) 📙Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet (Lyndal Roper) 📙Reformation: Europe’s House Divided 1490-1700 (Diarmaid MacCulloch)

Introducing our Chair of Judges for the 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize. David Cannadine is widely regarded as one of the most influential British historians of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.

WIN! This month we're giving you the chance to win a copy of 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade' by Hannah Durkin. 📚 To enter: head to this post on our Instagram page! Entries close 10/07/2026 10AM GMT. UK Only. bit.ly/4vErZYh

We are delighted to announce celebrated author and historian Helen McCarthy as one of the judges for the 2026 #WolfsonHistoryPrize. Helen McCarthy is an historian of everyday worlds of work, family and politics in modern Britain from the late nineteenth century to the present.

For those interested in medieval European history, here’s a suggested reading list featuring #WolfsonHistoryPrize alumni. ‘Going to Church in Medieval England’ by Nicholas Orme 'Living and Dying in England 1100-1540' by Barbara Harvey 'The World the Plague Made' by James Belich

Thank you to everyone who entered our June giveaway! Congratulations to the winner - we hope you enjoy reading 'Multicultural Britain: A People’s History' by @kieranconnell.bsky.social !

WIN! This month we're giving you the chance to win a copy of 'The Eagle and the Hart: The Tragedy of Richard II and Henry IV' by Helen Castor! 📚 To enter: Follow us Like and reshare this post Entries close 29/05/2026 10AM GMT. UK only.

WIN! This month we're giving you the chance to win a copy of 'Embers of the Hands: Hidden Histories of the Viking Age' by Eleanor Barraclough! 📚 To enter: Follow us Like and reshare this post Entries close 17/04/2026 10AM GMT. UK only.

It's competition time! 📚 We're giving away an entire set of the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize shortlist. For a chance to win, you must: 1) Follow us on Bluesky 2) Like and reshare this post on Bluesky Entries close 13/03/2026 10AM GMT. UK only.

A reminder that submissions for the Wolfson History Prize 2026 are open from 9 December 2025 to 19 January 2026.

The #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 was awarded to Hannah Durkin during a ceremony on Tuesday 2 December. Click below to find out more about Hannah and her winning book @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social.⬇️ www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/past-winners...

"This searing book conveys the survivors' sufferings and remarkable resilience, bringing to life their personal stories" The #WolfsonHistoryPrize judges on why they awarded the 2025 prize to Hannah Durkin's 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'.

Congratulations once again to the six shortlisted authors for the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize. 📕Eleanor Barraclough 📕Helen Castor 📕 @kieranconnell.bsky.social 📕Hannah Durkin 📕Andrew Fleming 📕 @victoriandetective.bsky.social www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk/past-winners...

Congratulations once again to this year's brilliant shortlisted authors: Eleanor Barraclough, @kieranconnell.bsky.social, @victoriandetective.bsky.social, Helen Castor, Hannah Durkin and Andrew Fleming.

And that's a wrap! Congratulations to the winner of the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize, Hannah Durkin. @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social

Hannah Durkin shares a few words about winning the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize for her title 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'. @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social

The winner of the #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 is… Hannah Durkin for 'Survivors: The Lost Stories of the Last Captives of the Atlantic Slave Trade'. @wmcollinsbooks.bsky.social A big congratulations to Hannah!

Welcoming to the stage #WolfsonHistoryPrize judge Sudhir Hazareesingh, who won the prize in 2021. Sudhir will have the pleasure of announcing the winner of this year's prize.

Next up is #WolfsonHistoryPrize chair of judges David Cannadine, acclaimed historian, introducing the 2025 shortlist.

Tonight’s event begins with Paul Ramsbottom, chief exec of the Wolfson Foundation, welcoming guests. The #WolfsonHistoryPrize, run by the Wolfson Foundation, awards £5,000 to each shortlisted author and £50,000 to the overall winner.

The stage is set for the 2025 #WolfsonHistoryPrize winner announcement! Tonight, we celebrate this year’s exceptional shortlist before revealing the highly anticipated winner. Stay tuned for live updates right here at @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social

The #WolfsonHistoryPrize 2025 winner will be announced tomorrow! Don't forget to let us know which book you would like to see win. Follow tomorrow's live winner announcement on @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social.