A literate slave was a must-have in wealthy ancient Roman households. Keen to capitalise on this taste for learning, masters and slaves alike turned education into profit.

The wartime government’s programme of deliberate smoke production was an attempt to protect Britain from the Luftwaffe; for ...

Alleged occupants of Earth’s interior have since included mammoths, super-civilisations, and the aforementioned UFOs. Kept ...

Dunsterforce was the result. The mission was an exceptionally challenging one, but Britain’s military planners believed they ...

What makes a state? Is it its people, its borders, its government, or does it rest on recognition from international powers? Across the 19th and 20th centuries, the process by which states have been ...

Knell continuing his attack as before, so maliciously and furiously, and Towne … to save his life drew his sword of iron ...

The kings of medieval France were fascinated by the Mongols, who they saw as great empire builders. Eager to learn more, they ...

Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski is Professor of Polish-Lithuanian History at UCL and Principal Historian of the Polish History ...

On his return in 1768 Wilkes dedicated himself to securing re-election for Parliament. He found allies within the City of ...

On 16 October 1930 Britain’s sense of its historical greatness was skewered with the release of 1066 and All That.

Saint Augustine was educated for a Roman world, but it was his time in North Africa that shaped his identity, his faith, and Christianity itself.