With this book, Paul Rahe continues his projected six-volume account of the history of the Spartan state.…
Thomas Morris Chester is a name little-known in most households. But Chester was a remarkable pioneer.…
The nominees for this year's MHM book awards have been announced, and we need your help to select the winners!…
I had thought I knew a lot about the First World War. Until I read this book. Then I discovered a yawning…
After decades of instability, nearly 200 World War Two graves in Iraq have been restored to their former character.…
Emma Marsh, 20, has uncovered captivating insights into the history of Liverpool through rubble dumped at the coast following…
Coming just months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of Midway – in which the outcome of World War II…
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…
