Richard Bevan takes a look at a selection of war films, some of which are unlikely to win any awards for historical…
Cambridge philosopher Iain King begins a new series looking at how great thinkers were shaped by war. He begins with Socrates, the…
With hundreds of military museums in the UK alone, how do you know which one will best suit your interests? Here, MHM has picked…
Find my past Discover the new Royal Tank Corps Enlistment Records, 1919-1946, on find my past. This amazing collection is the largest set of…
After being posted to the Adazi Training Area in Latvia to cover a training event, Tom Bourke discovered a treasure trove of…
What did cricket mean to troops and civilians during WWII? Crispin Andrews has scoured the MCC library to find out. Even Hitler…
How will you be commemorating the anniversary of the First World War? We are kicking off our Centenary Season – MHM’s WWI…
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…
