I am in London for a few days. A couple of work meetings today, and just time to pop in and see the war art exhibition at the Imperial War M...

Our research has traced the background of hundreds of people connected with the revolt.

This is the fourth book in Alex Rutherford’s excellent series on the Moghul Empire. He sticks fairly closely to history while adding fictio...

Reading draws on brain systems involved in language and imagination. Studies are exploring how it relates to wellbeing and understanding others.

The long read: On 14 January this year, army and navy squads faced an unprecedented challenge: one bomb on a Plymouth building site, another floating on a dredger in Exmouth. That afternoon, the clock...

Holyrood is being asked to press ministers to officially declare August 23 as 'Wallace Day' in honour of the Scottish thirteenth century military leader Sir William Wallace.

There is growing interest in the possibility of hidden spaces next to the king’s tomb.

Half a million soldiers who fought in World War One remain unaccounted for. On Friday, six of them were laid to rest after being found in a field in France in 2023.

Our research suggests these tombs were designed and constructed not simply to house the dead, but to affect the living.

I ventured south today to do a book talk on my way to a couple of days of golf with some old pals. I stopped in Stafford, mainly because it...

The Royal Historical Society invites applications for its First Book Prize, 2027 and Early Career Article Prize, 2027. The call for submissions opened on Monday 28 September 2026 and runs to Monday 14...

The Pyramids of Giza on the outskirts of Cairo in Egypt stand as some of the most iconic and enduring monuments in human history.

This is the latest in Osprey's MAA series on the Korean War by Benjamin Lai, covering the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) and United Nations ...

VERSION 5 (18 September 2026) includes 290 new entries, increasing the database total to 2,822 Jewish soldiers. Another 69 service records have been expanded. When one adds circumstantial information ...

Outgoing secretary Lonnie Bunch rejects claims the institution is unpatriotic, telling audience ‘You cannot understand all without illuminating the dark corners’

Government corruption and misspending inspired the medieval rebels depicted in The Uprising.

Istanbul (CNN) — It's been a prison, a fortress, an imperial treasury, and a desolte ruin. Over hundreds of years, Istanbul's dark citadel has survived empires and neglect alike — and now, as it unde...

A medieval island that was home to a wealthy city continues to fascinate 800 years after it disappeared beneath the waves.

I spoke at a meeting at the University of St Andrews yesterday evening, which gave me the chance to revisit the historical sights in this f...

A government scheme is giving citizens cash for spending time with a good book. We ask behavioural scientists, along with The Anxious Generation author and psychologist Jonathan Haidt, whether it’ll h...