In the post-war years, they were remembered on monuments and in cemeteries, ‘made present’ by absence, by anonymity rather than by naming.…
As Churchill liked to say, to defeat the Nazis the Russians gave their blood, the Americans their money, and Britain held out…
The collection of letters, telegrams, and instructions was the property of the late Reginald Parker. It was found by a furloughed clerk…
The corroded helmet would have been an essential component of protection for any Viking warrior. Several iron bands and plates, riveted together,…
The bunker, under the village of Wijtschate in Flanders, is more than 20 feet underground and is believed to have accommodated up…
The U-boat went down with all hands and has rested on the seabed, some 37km (23 miles) off the coast of Yorkshire,…
A new hull walkway, opened in August of this year, allows enthusiasts to descend into the base of the ship’s dry dock…
In the early 1960s, Michael Caine was regularly playing small character parts in television dramas and British movies. With his cockney accent…
The reasons Britain and the United States went to war in 1812 are diverse. Indeed, different factions within each country had different…
Most people are familiar with the tumultuous events of England in 1066, but how much do you know about ‘the other Norman…
Tickets to English Heritage's re-enactment of the Battle of Hastings this weekend are sold out, but here are 10 alternative ways to…
Who? The one next to Lenin? Well, he was. Until Joseph Stalin had him erased from the photograph (below). But, despite Stalin’s…
