As Europe lay in ruins following the end of the Second World War, Churchill’s instinct was to punish the surviving Nazi ...

Rather than focusing on the risk to the Bayeux Tapestry in its forthcoming loan to the British Museum, David Musgrove argues ...

From dealing with nits to learning the three Rs, ancient Roman childhood bore some striking similarities to the modern ...

Before picket lines and unionisation, ancient Egyptian artisans learned that collectively withdrawing labour could force even ...

With conflicting advice and endless new trends, it can feel hard to keep up with the modern health and wellness space. But ...

As well as creating new regulations on faith, Henry VIII’s 16th-century government also decided which kinds of knowledge were ...

Ancient Rome didn’t abandon its gods overnight. The rise of Christianity was a slow transformation of the cult-based religious order that had structured Roman life for centuries ...

Hitler’s U-boats were a feared component of his naval strategy during the Second World War. But what was life aboard these ...

Despite Alfred the Great’s victories against the Vikings – and the consolidating achievements of his children Edward the Elder and Æthelflæd – the power of the Norse raiders hadn’t simply disappeared.

The people of ancient Rome lived in a wide range of housing, from grand urban mansions to crowded flats and makeshift dwellings attached to shops. Where and how someone lived depended on geography, ...

Few historical figures have been discussed and debated as much as Adolf Hitler. We have a wealth of primary source material available to us about his life, including his autobiographical manifesto ...

You’re living in medieval England and just celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ at Easter. The sun is getting warmer, and the fields are getting greener. So, that must mean it’s time for ...