Historians have discovered that centuries-old manuscript at Harvard Law School is not a mere copy, but is, in fact, an ...

Historian Mark White explores whether John F Kennedy would have defeated Barry Goldwater in 1964 – and how his second term ...

As Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gives a status update on the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the UK, David Musgrove explains the historical significance of the embroidery’s potential arrival on ...

Although British soldiers in the Second World War sang about the Führer only having “one ball”, that did not necessarily make ...

German armed forces signed an unconditional surrender, bringing the Second World War in Europe to an end. To celebrate the ...

In medieval England, violence was a reality of everyday life — but theft? That was deliberate, unforgivable, and more likely ...

In the early 19th century, a gifted and divisive figure from France became a political giant in Europe – and it wasn’t ...

Rising from the fires of the French Revolution, one young man reached the top of European politics – not through seizing power, but through his cooking. Jonny Wilkes explores the life and lasting ...

This week marks the 40th anniversary of the moment a police helicopter dropped explosive devices on a house in Philadelphia, killing 11 people. How was this allowed to happen? Survivor Ramona Africa ...

At 2.41am on 7 May 1945, at a schoolhouse near Reims in northern France, General Alfred Jodl, the German chief of staff, signed the unconditional surrender of all German land, sea and air forces ...