September marks the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the United States. There are some however who do not believe the official story of events, shrouding the day in a fog of suspicion and ...

We interviewed two prominent figures involved in the historical development of the game Assassin's Creed Shadows. Read on to find out what they had to say.

From Executive Producers Kevin Costner and Doris Kearns Goodwin, Kevin Costner's The West is an eight-part series that provides a fresh look at the epic history of the American West by delving into ...

Touch but a cobweb in Westminster Hall, and the old spider of the law is upon you with all his vermin at his heels. Henry Fox, MP and statesman, 1705-1774 The Houses of Parliament, otherwise known as ...

As the last ruler of Egypt’s Ptolemaic dynasty and one of history’s most powerful and politically brilliant queens, she brought the mighty Rome under her spell. But on the flip-side Cleopatra did also ...

The suffragettes took militant action in a bid to gain British women the vote. Here’s how a plot to set the Wimbledon tennis ...

He was the Merry Monarch who oversaw the Restoration, un-cancelled Christmas, re-opened the pubs and even helped put out the Great Fire of London. But on the flipside, Charles II had metric tonne of ...

The Great Library of Alexandria was one of the ancient world’s most prestigious libraries. So, why did it disappear, and how ...

What impact did Thomas Jefferson have on the genesis of US democracy? How did the third president double the country’s size, and what were his thoughts on slavery?

It was thanks to ULTRA that we won the war. The Enigma story began in the 1920s, when the German military - using an 'Enigma' machine developed for the business market – began to communicate in ...

How was the Met Office founded? The Meteorological Office, known as the Met Office for short, is the UK’s national weather service and was founded in 1854. The original purpose of the organisation was ...

Hanging on a wall in Scone Palace in Perth, Scotland, is an 18th-century double portrait of two young women of high society. One is sitting reading a book whilst the other is passing by clutching a ...