Thomas Morris Chester is a name little-known in most households. But Chester was a remarkable pioneer.…
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I had thought I knew a lot about the First World War. Until I read this book. Then I discovered a yawning…
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New images have revealed the extent of the damage to HMS Royal Oak after it was sunk during the Second World War.…
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…
