While circumcision was common in many ancient cultures, the Romans considered it undesirable. In certain parts of the Empire, ...

Gordon Cummins was a seemingly ordinary RAF airman. But amid the darkness of blackout-era London he became one of the city’s ...

Historian Simon Schama explains how close Britain came to complicity in the Holocaust, and what the bureaucracy of genocide ...

A hunger for glory, a sense of destiny, and an ego that knew no limits: The Rest is History’s Dominic Sandbrook explores how ...

Tariffs and trade wars have hit the headlines in recent months as US president Donald Trump pursues aggressive economic ...

A bankrupt treasury, disastrous foreign policy and a civil war: this is the story of how Henry III lost control of his own ...

The court-martial of Robert Newburgh was about more than just his alleged crime – it was a battle over power and masculinity ...

Join us for the first series of History’s Greatest Battles, where we’re heading back to the Roman empire.

The Illuminati is a name given to both a real secret society and a fictitious one. The latter has fuelled conspiracy theories for years, described as a secretive and mysterious worldwide organisation ...

In 1945, Sidney Bernstein was given the job of making a film from the raw footage taken by British soldiers at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. He turned to Alfred Hitchcock for help. Martin ...

Test your knowledge with our general knowledge weekly history quiz ...