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

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

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

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

Did JFK’s extra-marital affairs risk national security? While some might argue that a president’s private life is irrelevant ...

Under cover of darkness, in the early hours of 19 April 1775, a force of British soldiers was on the move. General Thomas Gage, the British Commander in Boston, Massachusetts, had learned the American ...

Once considered a cosy mark of luxury, the decision to lay plush shagpile in the most humid and accident-prone room in the house has become something of a national punchline. Speaking on the ...

In February 1942, as the Blitz continued to batter Britain, London’s streets were plunged into darkness every night under government-enforced blackouts. These conditions, designed to shield the city ...

The ancient Romans were pioneers in many aspects of medicine, but their treatments and surgeries were often painful, gruesome, and dangerous by modern standards. Without formal medical regulations, ...

Throughout 1940, in the year after Britain entered the Second World War, the German Luftwaffe launched successive waves of aerial attacks that aimed to destroy Britain’s air defences. Fresh off the ...