The toga has long been one of the most recognisable symbols of ancient Rome, so why have we been getting its history wrong?

Finally, explore two of the most famous homes of the modern royal family: Windsor Castle – where princesses Elizabeth and Margaret were evacuated to during the Second World War – and Buckingham Palace ...

This statement is just one symbol that many point to as evidence of how Welsh history has often been overlooked or merged with its closest neighbour. Within that history, the contributions of women ...

From D-Day to HMS Belfast and Sir Winston Churchill, The Royal Mint’s military-themed coins pay tribute to the nation’s most ...

The Baron of Retz and veteran of the Hundred Years’ War confessed to monstrous crimes of torturing and murdering children.

Vicious civil wars. Gruelling sieges. Rebellious provinces, galling betrayals and tribes seeking revenge… Join us for the first series of History’s Greatest Battles, where we’re heading back to the ...

A Sunni Muslim of Kurdish descent, Saladin was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty (which ruled over modern-day Egypt and parts of Iraq, Syria, Palestine and Yemen) and was the first man at the time of ...

Anyone who strayed into the Appalachian Mountains of eastern Kentucky in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly around an area known as Troublesome Creek, might have come across a close-knit ...

The eldest son of Edmund I, and great-grandson to Alfred the Great, Eadwig became king of England from late 955. He likely would have been around 15 years of age – and according to accounts, his rule ...