As Revolution broke out and turned to Terror, British citizens living in France found themselves transformed from friends of liberty to an enemy within.

The women who served as munitions workers during the First World War endured dismal conditions and a plethora of dangers: illness, injury, and death. Why are they barely remembered?

Gallery director says collection of 140 paintings will offer a more balanced view of Manchester painter’s work A new exhibition of work by LS Lowry will “bust a few myths” about the Mancunian artist, who the show’s co-curator says is still wrongly derided for being “naive and uncultured”. LS Lowry: the Theatre of Life features 140 paintings by the artist, who captured working-class life in the industrial north-west of England during the early and mid 20th century. Continue reading...

The famous artefact depicting events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England will go on display in September.

Political reputations are forged by actions, but the long view of Britain’s prime ministers can be hard to predict.

British military engagement in northwest Europe did not pause after Waterloo and resume in 1914. The intervening century saw fluctuations in French power – and the creation of a strategic system to co...

Spen Valley MP Kim Leadbeater reflects a decade after her sister was murdered in Birstall.

The term ‘Viking’ as it is commonly used is misleading, warping our perception of the Middle Ages. It should be retired.