Britain’s wartime evacuation scheme uprooted millions, but the familiar images of children clutching gas masks hides a much ...

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Emily Callaci discusses a bold – and controversial – feminist movement that campaigned for women to be paid for household ...

Following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in July 2024, Matt Elton spoke to historian Adam IP Smith about the ...

When Vladimir Putin states that Russians and Ukrainians are “one people”, he’s invoking a very specific vision of history. In essays and speeches, the Russian president has unfurled more than a ...

The pope – the supreme pontiff, the Bishop of Rome, God’s representative on Earth – is the head of the Catholic Church worldwide, the leader of a faith with 1.2 billion adherents today. Modern popes ...

On the HistoryExtra podcast, historian Steven Gunn reveals what coroners’ inquests tell us about everyday Tudor life, and how ...

Greek myths of the Amazons blended kernels of truth with male fantasy to create a legend that has lasted for millennia.

At the peak of its glory, the Temple of Artemis towered above the ancient city of Ephesus standing as a vast sanctuary of marble and gold that drew pilgrims from across the Mediterranean. Counted ...

One of the most powerful pieces of the medieval Christian toolkit was the claiming and repurposing of sacred pagan sites. Cathedrals, chapels and shrines were frequently built where polytheistic pagan ...

It’s true that the Vikings were formidable raiders, warriors and explorers – storming monasteries on the coasts of Britain, sailing rivers into the depths of eastern Europe and even journeying as far ...