Jan 1, 2025 · Lewes had arrived in the Middle East as a member of Layforce, a composite commando force that had recently taken part in a series of failed raids on targets such as …

Nov 15, 2024 · The latter achievement was the Baths of Caracalla, a magnificent complex in Rome. The largest of its kind at the time, able to fit 1,600 people, it included vast baths and …

Oct 9, 2024 · It is also known for the Regency period, which strictly applies to the years 1811–1820 in British history. "The Regency period is often viewed through the pages of Jane …

Nov 15, 2024 · From there, it looks very much like a reskin of Gladiator, with Lucius – revealed to be Maximus’s son – seeming to lead a rebellion from within the arena, and Joaquin Phoenix’s …

Jun 13, 2024 · The turning point for this militancy came in 1905 when Christabel Pankhurst (daughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, founder of the WSPU) and Annie Kenney (a working-class …

Jan 1, 2025 · Paddy Mayne in Sicily and beyond: commander of the SAS. Once the desert war had ended, the main body of the SAS was rebranded as the Special Raiding Squadron (SRS) …

Dec 13, 2024 · On entering the council, Cromwell – Henry VIII’s immensely gifted chief minister and among the most powerful men in England – dressed in his formal splendid attire as Knight …

On 30 April 1945, as Allied forces closed in on Berlin from both east and west, Adolf Hitler went into his private study in the underground Führerbunker and shot himself in the right temple. An …

Jun 27, 2024 · Edward VII’s love chair: how did it work? The famous love chair, kept at the famed Parisian brothel Le Chabanais, allowed the unathletic Bertie to have relations with two women …

Jul 21, 2020 · Which queen had the shortest reign of Henry VIII’s six wives? In 16th-century Japan, who was Yasuke? Who wrote the 12th-century account Historia regum Britanniae (The …