Lieutenant Commander Paul Atkins, UK lead project officer for Atlantic Thunder, said the sinking was a battle damage assessment as much as a demonstration. “We have US scientists that have placed loads of sensors all over the ship, including the UK have placed some sensors over there,” he said. “And as each of the weapons hit, we conduct the battle damage assessment.

Medieval in the neeeeeeews… This week we talk Bayeux Tapestry, the anti-LLM vibes in our classrooms, and how to ethically use technology in studying the past. Plus no one knows about “Game of…

Aberdeen is launching an ambitious bid to revive its struggling centre. Could it offer lessons for other high streets?

For more than three centuries, the Vistula River kept the fate of a most precious Polish treasure to herself. Our team searched for the royal trove in archives and underwater. But the river played her...

Road closures and parking restrictions are in place in Saltaire as crews converge on the village.

A 1-day conference, organised by the Worshipful Company of Armourers and Brasiers and the Arms and Armour Society, to be held on Saturday 3rd October 2026 at Armourers Hall, London – 10:00 – 17:30.

Alexander Millington-Cotes is concerned for welfare of the 82-year-old, who hasn’t been seen in public for two years The stepson of Sir Ranulph Fiennes has launched a crowdfunder to pay for “specialist legal advice” in an attempt to locate the explorer, who hasn’t been seen in public for more than two years. Alexander Millington-Cotes, 31, has set a target of £55,000 for the fundraiser, to enable him to instruct lawyers to “locate and safeguard” Fiennes. Continue reading...

The bird is one of the UK's rarest species, with the urban sighting described as "exceptional".

An ongoing monthly medieval fiction writing community designed to help aspiring and published authors hone their craft with historical background, writing themes, peer-review exercises, and writing…

The archaeologists were overjoyed when the grave and thus the church were finally confirmed on the second-to-last day of the excavation. In the middle is Christian Edelfelt Koch Madsen. Photo: Ellen…

A donation from Sir Boyd Tunnock worth "a lot of caramel wafers" saved the St Abbs service 10 years ago.

A small bronze firearm discovered during a landmine search in South Korea has been identified as the country’s oldest surviving gunpowder weapon.

Hear about the work that took place at our museum in spring 2026. Our second update, covering summer 2026, will be coming soon.

Although the cannon currently displayed in Rawanduz may give the impression that the emirate possessed only a small number of such weapons, historical records indicate that its army had 222 cannons, a...

The Devil's Arrows actually came from different site several miles away from previously thought.