With its warm tones and bustling figures, this month’s image could – at first glance – appear almost to represent a scene…
On 11 November 1920, one of the largest funerals ever held in London took place – and yet the deceased was a…
The Second World War was the deadliest conflict in human history – involving 30 belligerent nations, it was fought from the far…
Perched on sofas and peering in from every angle, these Allied officers were obviously desperate to catch a glimpse of the momentous…
De Gaulle strode down the centre of the grand route, hailed by banners that proclaimed, 'Long live de Gaulle' and 'De Gaulle…
Fifty years ago, during the so-called ‘Prague Spring’ of 1968, the citizens of Czechoslovakia enjoyed a few brief, tantalising months of liberation…
Churchill travelled incessantly during the war. In this picture, taken in Caen around six weeks after the D-Day landings, we find visiting…
The original caption reads, ‘Some shell cases on the roadside in the front area, the contents of which have been despatched over…