Most people are familiar with the tumultuous events of England in 1066, but how much do you know about ‘the other Norman…
Despite a succession of victories during the Second World War, Conservative leader Winston Churchill faced a crushing defeat in Britain's 1945 general…
Excavations at Carnoustie, Angus, have revealed a set of elaborate Bronze Age weapons, dating back to c.1000-800 BC. The finds…
Patrick Boniface examines the lives of history’s most daring wartime captives. In November 1899, the 25-year-old Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill was travelling in…
Journey from the original Olympic games to the defeat of the Spartan juggernaut in this extract from our latest 15-page special on…
The UK Government is holding two commemorative events in Ypres, Belgium, to mark the centenary of the Battle of Passchendaele (Third…
The March issue of Military History Monthly, the British military history magazine, is now on sale. In this issue we cover: American Bomber This…
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…
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…
One of the key questions often asked about Leni Riefenstahl is was she Hitler’s lover? Rumours of an affair were common at…
