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 did the longest reigning Tudor monarch remember her ill-fated mother?

From the Suez Crisis and Vietnam, to 21st-century political tensions, the alliance between Britain and the United States has ...

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

From lost silver coins to fossilised faeces, medieval cesspits have become some of the richest archives of everyday life in ...

In June 1940, as France collapsed and Britain faced the prospect of resisting the Nazis alone, Winston Churchill searched for a French leader willing to keep fighting ...

Pliny the Elder was an intellectual powerhouse of ancient Rome. Though not a physician, in describing the ideal daily routine ...

The idea that medieval people routinely emptied chamber pots straight into the street as their primary method of waste ...

At a glance, the fall of the Aztec empire in the early 16th century seems like one of history’s clearest before-and-after moments: a powerful empire crushed almost instantly by a handful of Spanish ...

It remains one of the most glamorous architectural styles in history, instantly recognisable in landmarks like New York’s Chrysler Building, constructed in 1928. It evokes images of glittering ...

There are many nations bidding for the title of best cuisine in the world, but one of the strongest candidates must be France. With its sophisticated cooking techniques, artistic presentation and, of ...