It was not until about 8.30pm on the 18 June 1815 that the crash of gunfire and musketry, the neighing of horses, and the shouts and cries of thousands of men died down. This Sunday evening had ended ...
Despite the undoubted success of the de Havilland Mosquito during the Second World War, initial interest in an aircraft made of alternative materials was limited. At a time when almost all combat ...
To the English, Ireland was one of the frontiers of Europe, a land on the edge of civilisation, full of barbarians. It is little surprise, then, that Queen Elizabeth I’s courtiers observed Shane ...
Archaeologists excavating on environmentally protected land near Moorsholm, Yorkshire, on behalf of the North York Moors National Park Authority (NYMNPA) have uncovered evidence of what is believed to ...
Commissioned on 14 December 1906, U-1 was the first in a long line of German U-boats (the name is a shortening of Unterseeboot, or ‘under-sea boat’). She was more of a trials vessel than an ...
Everyone is either an Athenian or a Spartan, it has been said. Athens is associated with art, reason, and democracy; the sort of place where liberals, intellectuals, and bohemians might have felt at ...
New research into a man buried at St Peter’s in Barton-upon-Humber almost 1,000 years ago has shed new light on the complexity of society in Britain during the Norman ...
Fund, which helps volunteer and community groups to date their finds, has opened applications for its 2026 funding cycle. Kimberley Teale discusses key findings from some of the projects supported by ...
Cavalry regiments were the pride of 19th-century European armies. They were, however, increasingly anachronistic, with battlefield opportunities for the unleashing of the arme blanche (the sabre) ...
Transport yourself to the thick of battle with the compelling narrative and authoritative detail in Military History Matters – from the 20th-century to the ancient world. You’ll find unparalleled ...
The Colosseum is, without doubt, the most popular ancient monument in Rome – a must-see sight for around four million tourists a year from all over the world. But they are often quite oblivious, or ...
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