It’s 80 years since Britain erupted in joy at the news that the war in Europe was over. But how did those who lived through ...

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 ...

Rising from the fires of the French Revolution, one young man reached the top of European politics – not through seizing ...

In the early 19th century, a gifted and divisive figure from France became a political giant in Europe – and it wasn’t ...

In medieval England, violence was a reality of everyday life — but theft? That was deliberate, unforgivable, and more likely ...