But space travel is also a human endeavour. In the heavens as on Earth, that means it throws up stories that can be bizarre, ...

In theory, putting down the rebels of the First Jewish Revolt should have been easy for the mighty Roman empire. But ...

Before he was the monarch with six wives – two of whom he had beheaded – Henry VIII was a Tudor adonis: attractive and active ...

When you think about the driving forces that contributed to progress in medieval Britain, you might think about the likes of ...

As tensions build between the US and its long-term allies, historian Sam Edwards examines how the international military ...

More than a century after the Russian Revolution, Vladimir Lenin’s decision to organise the Soviet state around national ...

A fresh re-reading of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle suggests that King Harold Godwinson didn’t race south by land after Stamford ...

Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII’s second wife, and the first to be executed. She was also the mother of Queen Elizabeth I. But how ...

In ancient Rome, putting on theatrical plays was not just a form of entertainment – it became a powerful tool of propaganda ...

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 ...

It’s not too often that medieval historians grab national headlines, but when you get an Oxford academic counting penises in a world-famous embroidery, you’re sure to arouse media attention. On ...