Hunger is breezy in its approach, but the subject Blom discusses is a serious one. Indeed, the spectre of food – or…
During a training session in the English Channel in May 1878, SMS Grosser Kurfürst was accidentally rammed by another German warship, SMS…
Handsome and charming, Wilding embraced a life full of adventure that also involved racing motorcycles across both hemispheres.…
‘Zeppelin’ appeared in English that same year in Whitaker’s Almanack: ‘The Zeppelin Air-ship… is a cylindrical frame of aluminium in partitions, each…
Temporary 2nd Lieutenant Donald Bell, relying on adrenaline and instinct, led two men from his company through the mud of no-man’s land,…
Written by Private Arthur Edward Diggens, the diary was found in a Midlands barn and contains astonishing insights into the author’s experiences.…
‘Hun’ became an unflattering synonym for Germans during World War I, used by Britons to emphasise their enemy’s brutality.…
On 28 June 1914, the 12th annual Tour de France began in Paris with the blast of a starter’s pistol. The same…
A new study has revealed that World War I helmets provided as much protection from shockwaves as their modern counterparts.…
One of the oddest inventions was the Supermarine Nighthawk, a massive twin-engine quadruplane night fighter designed to fly patrols of anything up…