Nelson had sought the battle for two years, and he knew full well what the outcome would be.…
In May 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte died on the remote island of St Helena in the South Atlantic, where he had been exiled…
In 1798, less than a decade before Nelson’s death at the Battle of Trafalgar, a British victory and a key moment in…
A new hull walkway, opened in August of this year, allows enthusiasts to descend into the base of the ship’s dry dock…
When was Britain’s finest hour? For most readers the answer is easy: the summer of 1940, when Britain stood alone in defiance…
The reasons Britain and the United States went to war in 1812 are diverse. Indeed, different factions within each country had different…
The 1824 Vagrancy Act – which criminalises rough sleeping – has become the subject of public debate after Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the UK’s Labour Party,…
The Grande Armée was something new. ‘We used to have the Army of Italy, of the Rhine, of Holland,’ explained Napoleon himself.…