Iain King looks as the philosophy of Emperor Marcus Aurelius One of Rome’s most remarkable rulers, Marcus Aurelius (AD 121-180) is commonly…
MHM examines five of the most daring prisoner-of-war escapes throughout history. 5. Stalag Luft III Escape Date: 29 October 1943 When Oliver Philpot,…
To mark Britain’s momentous declaration of war in 1914, MHM has created this graphic study of the country’s military as it prepared…
Iain King explores the military career of Chairman Mao China’s official view of Mao is that he was ‘70% right and 30%…
In conjunction with a new exhibition opening at Osborne Samuel gallery, MHM looks at some of CRW Nevinson’s most celebrated war-time works…
French Women Munition Workers A narrow corridor leads into the distance between serried ranks of shells. The slightly elevated viewpoint exaggerates…
On 13 December 1939, while Britain was living through a ‘Phoney War’ at home, in the waters off the River Plate a…
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…
