As Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gives a status update on the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the UK, David Musgrove ...

German armed forces signed an unconditional surrender, bringing the Second World War in Europe to an end. To celebrate the ...

Historian Mark White explores whether John F Kennedy would have defeated Barry Goldwater in 1964 – and how his second term ...

Although British soldiers in the Second World War sang about the Führer only having “one ball”, that did not necessarily make ...

In the 41 years between 1789 and 1830, France went from monarchy to revolution to republic to empire to monarchy again. And added to that, political instability was rife amid the near-constant wars ...

There are many nations bidding for the title of best cuisine in the world, but one of the strongest candidates must be France. With its sophisticated cooking techniques, artistic presentation and, of ...

If you killed a man in 14th-century England, there was a good chance you’d get away with it. Not because the law was soft, or justice disorganised — in fact, homicide was a capital offence. But ...