The first written references to prehistoric rock art were by the Chinese philosopher Han Fei in the third century BC. Europe ...

The sinking of the White Ship was a disaster for England’s King Henry I, but it was also felt deeply by his subjects.

He had to deal with criminals who challenged his authority and stole stockfish, livestock, woollen cloth, and boats, not only ...

In the 21st century there has evolved a general consensus about abolition: that Britain turned its back against the slave ...

In the 1970s private investigators in the UK came under attack for their distasteful methods and dubious legality. What did ...

As Spain and France moved into Morocco, the people of the Rif Mountains united to form a new state. For five years they ...

Weimar: Life on the Edge of Catastrophe by Katja Hoyer explores the city – and citizens – at the heart of Germany’s ill-fated ...

If all the world’s a stage, argues Indira Ghose in A Defence of Pretence: Civility and the Theatre in Early Modern England, ...

A fter months of diplomatic wrangling, national security reviews, and political infighting, on 20 January 2026 the UK ...

If the present, with its conflicts and uncertainties, is impossible to know, asks Italo Calvino, how can we hope to understand the past?

Edith-Matilda or Matilda II of England is best remembered as ‘Good Queen Maud’, the wife of Henry I and patron of the 12th century’s best-known chronicler, William of Malmesbury. As the daughter of ...

On 30 March that year, at the hour before Vespers, Easter celebrations were being held in the square outside the Church of the Holy Spirit near Palermo. A drunk Frenchman named Drouet assaulted a ...