Historian Helen Carr explores the disastrous 14th century, a time when famine, war, pestilence and rebellion took medieval ...

Historian Adrian Goldsworthy reveals the brutal training, bureaucratic grind and uncertain rewards of life in the Roman ...

A stunning treasure trove of Anglo-Saxon coins reveals how rebellion, loyalty and fear shaped England in the wake of 1066.

From tail-wagging agents of battle to divine deities, ancient Mesopotamia’s civilisations saw dogs as more than just pets. Discussing the civilisations’ attitude to their canines, Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid ...

During the Second World War, thousands of Allied pilots were deployed on a mission so dangerous, and so overshadowed by the rest of the conflict, that many referred to themselves grimly by the acronym ...

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Responsible for daring assignments like Operation Postmaster, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) was given a mission to ...

What did Michael Fagan say to the Queen? Precise details of what happened next have changed through the years, with Fagan himself altering his story several times. What we do know is that, at around 7 ...

From the US assassination of Iranian commander Qasem Soleimani to the ongoing case of the jailed mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Iran has scarcely been out of the headlines in recent months. But how ...