Far from living in constant filth, medieval people developed routines, regulations and even public infrastructure to manage ...

While in theory, a pope couldn’t be removed during the Middle Ages, late medieval Europe still found ways to challenge, ...

In the early 20th century, the Kennedy family’s political ambitions were built around their eldest son, Joe Jr – until his ...

As long-lasting monarchies fell across the 20th century, Britain’s endured – sustained by wartime victory, constitutional ...

Emily Briffett and historian Thomas Asbridge explore one of the most devastating catastrophes in human history – the pandemic ...

Uncover the secrets and extraordinary achievements of Britain’s World War II codebreakers right where it all happened Tucked ...

The ancient Romans would come to build one of the world’s mightiest empires, spanning continents and moulding the trajectory of much of Europe and the spaces around it. But that wasn’t an outcome that ...

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Martin Luther King gave his ‘I Have a Dream’ speech towards the close of the March on Washington on 28 August 1963. This event was backed by a fractious coalition of African-American civil rights ...

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 ...

Soon after dawn on 5 November 1956, British paratroopers drifted down on the El Gamil airfield near Port Said in northern Egypt. Simultaneously, French troops landed at Raswa and Port Fuad just to the ...

It is impossible today to imagine a world without what are known as Hindu-Arabic numerals. These nine symbols or digits (1 to 9) and zero (0) – crucially, together with the system of arranging them in ...