Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

Could we have been commemorating the wrong date of Magna Carta all along? Speaking on an episode of the HistoryExtra podcast, ...

What might have happened if JFK never made it to the US presidency? In December 1960, one man plotted to make that a reality.

According to Japanese mythology, the thrashing of a giant subterranean catfish causes the earthquakes that wreak havoc on the ...

The outlook was no better on the international stage. No sooner had Maria Theresa assumed the throne than Frederick the Great ...

In the interwar years, the United States prepared for all kinds of future conflicts, including against its allies. Jonny ...

Presenting fresh archaeological evidence, Dr Duncan Wright shares how a team of experts might have found the lost living ...

As you stalk enemies through the ruins of war-torn cities – like Verdun, Stalingrad and Berlin – these sniper games will test ...

The right arm extended forward with the palm down and fingers together, the so-called Hitler salute, is an instantly recognisable, and reviled, image. It is forevermore associated with Nazi Germany ...

St Dwynwen’s Day, or Dydd Santes Dwynwen, could be described as Wales’s answer to the more commercialised Valentine’s Day. The legendary life of St Dwynwen, however, is not exactly a typical tale of ...

Renowned for its prestigious designs and a reputation built on centuries of craftsmanship, The Royal Mint has been striking the coins of British monarchs for more than a thousand years. From ...

For a long time, the period after the fall of the Western Roman Empire was known as the Dark Ages. Supposedly, it was a time of cultural and economic decline, when the continent was splintered into ...