The kings of medieval France were fascinated by the Mongols, who they saw as great empire builders. Eager to learn more, they ...

Richard Butterwick-Pawlikowski is Professor of Polish-Lithuanian History at UCL and Principal Historian of the Polish History ...

On his return in 1768 Wilkes dedicated himself to securing re-election for Parliament. He found allies within the City of ...

On 16 October 1930 Britain’s sense of its historical greatness was skewered with the release of 1066 and All That.

In Killing the Dead: Vampire Epidemics from Mesopotamia to the New World , John Blair proves that you can’t keep a good ...

A t the core of environmental history lies a simple feedback loop: that humanity and the environment are in a perpetual and ...

On the morning of 3 April 1953 employees reporting to the US National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in Washington, DC, found a bouquet of two dozen carnations at the front gates. A card, attached with a ...

In the chaos unleashed by the October Revolution, Mikhail Bulgakov found a past become fragmented and confused, and history ...

In conclusion, Hölscher suggests that the images of the symposium and the diver in the Paestum tomb provide a powerful ...

On 9 October 1676 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek – the ‘Father of Microbiology’ – presented his findings to the Royal Society.

When the burger landed on the tables of the first Wimpy Bar in 1954, it marked a new era of modernity, global connection, and convenience for a Britain rebuilding from the austerity of the Second ...