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 ...

In an era when candidates were expected to remain silent, detached and above the chase for votes, James Garfield’s improvised ...

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

A seemingly simple question opens up difficult debates about ancient Roman beauty ideals and social hierarchy, and reveals ...

A new theory proposes that the Bayeux Tapestry was designed to deliver moral messages to medieval monks over dinner ...

Two near-fatal attacks on Saladin by the Nizari Ismailis reveal a Middle Eastern landscape far more complex than the usual ...

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 ...

The celebration of the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen’s birth concludes with a two-part adaptation of her first published novel. It tells the story of the Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne, who ...

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