Is there a difference between the Hitler salute and the Roman salute? Danny Bird explores the story of an instantly ...

How did a fifth-century princess unlucky in love become the Welsh patron saint of lovers? Lauren Good explores the life and ...

Make a bid at The Royal Mint’s latest trial pieces auction, and you could be in with a chance of owning some of the UK’s ...

When did the Viking Age begin and end, and why is it so difficult to define? Explore when and how the era of Scandinavian ...

After a short illness, George V died on 20 January 1936. The following day, British Pathé described him as “more than a King, ...

By shooting an apple off his son’s head, William Tell inspired both the Swiss people to fight for independence and a ...

Smothered by sheets of ice and rugged tundra, Greenland is the world’s largest island. Situated in the cold waters of the north Atlantic and crossing through the Arctic circle, the sparsely populated ...

When we asked more than 20 of Britain's leading historians to nominate the best historical movies of all time, we certainly weren't expecting this. So what did make the final list of the 100 best ...

Of all the examples of pyramids in Egypt, the most famous is certainly the Great Pyramid of Giza. It was the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the only one still surviving, and for ...

Imagine a US president who was highly intelligent and educated, who had a tremendous capacity for hard work, and who retained a very strong sense of personal morality. Surely those characteristics ...

In 1933, the authorities of the Soviet Union intended to turn a small tract of land in Western Siberia, called Nazino Island, into a settlement where the dregs of society could be forced to farm for ...

Beginning with the first bishop of Rome, Saint Peter, one of Christ’s apostles, there have been 266 popes to date. The current resident of the Vatican is Pope Francis, who was elected to the Holy See ...