The galleys were the most effective vessel in Mediterranean naval warfare during the 16th century. This was the Indian summer of an…
A controversial amateur archaeology programme has aired on Channel 5, despite widespread condemnation from archaeologists, academics, and heritage professionals across the UK and abroad. Battlefield Recovery,…
With hundreds of military museums in the UK alone, how do you know which one will best suit your interests? Here, is…
This is the first UK showing of Nick Danziger’s Eleven Women Facing War, a powerful exhibition about gender and conflict in the…
A promotion of some of the best events coming up over the next few months.…
There are a select number of battlefield tours that every military history enthusiast should experience. Here is a promotion of the finest,…
The Grande Armée was something new. ‘We used to have the Army of Italy, of the Rhine, of Holland,’ explained Napoleon himself.…
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…
