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

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

The question of who owns Greenland rings throughout history, arguably beginning in the Viking Age. But since the Second World ...

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 ...

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

Following the death of the former US president in December, historian Mark White recalls the life and work of a leader whose ...

When it comes to popes, the current split between men and women is 266 to zero. But, as Jonny Wilkes explores, that hasn’t ...

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 ...

The SAS changed the way that the Allies fought the Second World War. A group of motley misfits whose origins lay in a spy’s propaganda exercise, these bearded ruffians started as joke and yet ...