Historian Richard Overy explains how the US firebombing of Japanese cities in 1945 killed more civilians than Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined – and why it has been largely forgotten ...

From William the Conqueror’s battle-winning cavalry to Richard III’s fatal final charge, Oliver H Creighton and Robert ...

Historian Selena Wisnom reveals how the ancient Assyrians of Mesopotamia used ‘godnapping’ as a devastating form of ...

Summer is the perfect time to lose yourself in a good book – and history lovers have plenty of new titles to choose from this ...

Historian Karen Jones uncovers the often overlooked role of women in building the American West – from driving wagon trains ...

From the deserts of Egypt to the arid mountains of western Iran, from the Mediterranean coast to the highlands of Anatolia, King Ashurbanipal’s Neo-Assyrian empire dominated the ancient Near East. In ...

Historian Karen Jones uncovers the often overlooked role of women in building the American West – from driving wagon trains to shaping communities and securing the vote ...