Historian Tony McMahon tries to get to the bottom of why it has been long believed that there are a select few humans with soothsaying abilities.

Rob Bell is an engrossing presence on historical documentaries. Now the engineer brings his enlightening style to a Sky ...

What did the swords look like in the Trojan War? As a Sky HISTORY series looks afresh at the legendary conflict, we assess ...

Did the Trojan War really happen? This ancient Greek conflict was once considered fact and later myth, but Sky HISTORY’s Troy ...

Mother Nature can be brutal and unforgiving - as shown by the largest earthquakes on record. Here’s how they compare in their ...

Eliot Wilson talks us through the history and the traditions surrounding the UK Budget, one of the most important days in the ...

Without Iceland’s bittersweet history in World War Two, the island would be a very different place today.

Despite contributing relatively few wrestlers to the WWE across its history, several British individuals have made a big ...

Rebecca Romney is reputed as an expert in the field of historical and rare books. She’s also a popular cast member on Sky ...

As Sky HISTORY series Britain’s Lost Battlefields attempts to find where Boudica fell, we ask what provoked the Iceni queen’s ...

He is undoubtedly one of history’s most contentious, divisive and controversial figures. To some, Oliver Cromwell is the ‘father of democracy’, a saviour and a hero who championed liberty whilst ...

For over 500 years, the Welsh city of Newport was concealing a unique time capsule; an incredibly well-preserved 15th Century shipwreck. Following an international team of experts, Sean Fletcher ...