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

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

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

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

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

Before Bosworth, Margaret Beaufort’s actions were shaped less by maternal devotion to Henry Tudor than by trauma – and the ...

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 ...

House of Guinness’s set-up may be billed as a Succession-style battle between four aristocratic siblings – but behind the (much-elaborated) story of the family lies an Ireland simmering with unrest ...

A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish descent, Saladin was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (which ruled over modern-day Egypt and parts of Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Yemen) and was the first man at the time of ...

The right arm extended forward with the palm down and fingers together, the so-called Hitler salute, is an instantly recognisable, and reviled, image. It is forevermore associated with Nazi Germany ...

Smothered by sheets of ice and rugged tundra, Greenland is the world’s largest island. Situated in the cold waters of the north Atlantic and crossing through the Arctic circle, the sparsely populated ...

Through the lens of idealised romanticism, the Old West continues to capture the imagination as a wild and untamed frontier ready to be harnessed by those with the determination, courage and grit ...