From tail-wagging agents of battle to divine deities, ancient Mesopotamia’s civilisations saw dogs as more than just pets.

Responsible for daring assignments like Operation Postmaster, the Special Operations Executive (SOE) was given a mission to ...

In the aftermath of the Second World War, as the Soviet Union imposed ideological control across Eastern Europe, the CIA ...

From exploding tinned food to covert assaults and code-breaking schemes, Ian Fleming’s real-life wartime exploits were just ...

From seasonal intimacy schedules to open-air nudity, ancient Greco-Roman thinkers had no shortage of theories on how to stay ...

Two rare Roman cavalry swords discovered in a Gloucestershire field have sparked the excavation of a previously unknown Iron ...

Medieval torturers knew what they were doing when it came to inflicting pain. In fact, their reputation has seen them credited over the centuries with devices that are more mythical than medieval.

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 ...

As Mary and George chooses to dramatise a sexual relationship between King James VI and I, and his favourite, George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham – how much is really known about the king’s ...

Each period of history often has its own facial hair style. In Tudor Britain, the ‘spade beard’ – characteristic of men in many portraits by Hans Holbein the Younger – was popular, along with the ...

From its historic old town to the Aberdeen Art Gallery and a range of other fascinating attractions, there’s plenty to explore in Scotland’s sparkling city by the sea You may know it as the Granite ...

The City of Light wasn’t always so dazzling: its origins were muddy, and its development was punctuated by conflict in between periods of eminence. Historian and author Colin Jones guides us on a ...