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

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

Rising from the fires of the French Revolution, one young man reached the top of European politics – not through seizing ...

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

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

Hocktide was a medieval festival that used to involve tying people up to raise money for the church; today, its modern ...

In the cradle of civilisation, illness wasn’t just a medical problem — it was a supernatural one. That’s why Mesopotamians ...

The tragic case of Margaret Fernseed reveals how early modern Britain treated women who killed not as criminals, but as ...

The violent death of James III of Scotland in 1488 shocked a kingdom. More than five centuries later, the killer remains ...

To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Bletchley Park’s research historian, Dr David Kenyon, reveals how staff reacted to ...