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 Steven Gunn uncovers what thousands of fatal accidents can tell us about everyday existence in 16th-century England ...

Historian Selena Wisnom explores how Ashurbanipal, the last great ruler of Assyria, combined calculated brutality with an ...

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

In 1940, with Nazi bombers looming over British cities and the threat of invasion ever-present, Frisch and Peierls’ findings ...

Historian Linda Paterson explores the rise of the troubadours – the poetic performers who turned love, politics and desire ...

In 1386, two Frenchmen fought a duel in a field outside Paris, each seeking to bury his blade in the other’s body. One combatant had been accused of raping the other’s wife, a charge he denied ...

The Medici were the first family of the city state of Florence, rising from humble beginnings as merchants and bankers to become Grand Dukes of Tuscany. But how did they achieve this? And how ...