Margaret Beaufort has long been put forward as a shadowy mastermind potentially behind one of England’s greatest royal ...

When did you first hear about Sophie Scholl? While I was doing research for my Nazi-era novels about a fictional German ...

Introduced in the wake of the Norman Conquest, the murdrum fine was meant to protect Norman settlers from revenge killings.

One of the earliest Norse myths depicts the so-called god of thunder in women’s clothing. Far from undermining Thor’s power, ...

Horses are instinctively wired to run from danger. So how did medieval armies train them to thunder towards enemy lines ...

In the early stages of the First World War, Brits and Germans came together on the frontlines to pause the fighting for ...

Introducing Life Lessons from History, packed with advice from the past to help us live better, happier, healthier, or more ...

In an era when candidates were expected to remain silent, detached and above the chase for votes, James Garfield’s improvised presidential campaign in the late 19th century transformed the race for th ...

The right to privacy is a pillar of modern human rights. It’s a concept so deeply ingrained in our society that it can feel universal. We assume that certain spaces like our homes – especially their ...

Halley’s Comet was last seen from Earth in 1986 and is expected to return in 2061. It’s widely taken for granted that the Stuart astronomer Edmond Halley was the first to recognise its roughly 76-year ...

It would be entirely possible to visit St George’s Chapel in Windsor Castle and glance over the modest stone slab marking the grave of Henry VIII without noticing it. Its setting might be grand, but ...