The biopic Lee, starring Kate Winslet, tells the story of the revered war photographer Lee Miller, exploring her unique lens ...

When the adoptive brothers Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus became co-rulers in AD 161, the Roman empire was enjoying a golden age of progress, prosperity and peace. For nearly 200 years – going back ...

Dozens of nobles from across the Holy Roman Empire met for crisis talks on a summer’s day in 1184, but the proceedings ended ...

The earliest-known visible evidence of mass conflict between humans extends deep into the Mesolithic, around 13,400 years ago. Like it or not, warfare has been a part of the development of human ...

It’s often said that it feels like we, in the third decade of the 21st century, live in an ‘Orwellian’ age. Our likenesses and movements are captured by omnipresent CCTV cameras; our innermost ...

The sight of a hot air balloon was a popular Victorian spectacle, so the quiet scenes on 5 September 1862 would have made for a curious sight. On the outskirts of the Black Country town of ...

To watch the 1984 movie Amadeus, with a star turn from Tom Hulce as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, you’d be forgiven for thinking that the immature, lewd, debauched young man on screen – complete with ...

Inscribed on the stone fireplace of the State Dining Room of the White House are the words: “I pray to Heaven bestow the best of blessings on this house and all that shall hereafter inhabit it. May ...

Lauren Good is the digital content producer at HistoryExtra. She joined the team in 2022 after completing an MA in Creative Writing, and she holds a first-class degree in English and Classical Studies ...

The term ‘Greek life’ has little to do with ancient Greece or its long history – so forget about the temples and city states, the philosophers and warriors, the mythologies and experimental theatre.