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Scott's Last Days in the Antarctic
In the last week of March 1912, Captain Robert Falcon Scott died in his tent in Antarctica, in his failed effort to become the first person to reach …
2 years, 11 months ago
HMS Victory
During the Battle of Trafalgar, the men on the gun decks of HMS Victory felt the heat of fire from above and from below; they dodged enemy cannon bal…
2 years, 11 months ago
How to Prepare for Nuclear War
With Putin's war in Ukraine raging on, the threat of a nuclear conflict feels as real as ever. But since the Iron Curtain fell, our understanding of …
2 years, 11 months ago
Cooking for Churchill: Georgina Landemare
Clear soup, Irish stew and steamed puddings - this was the war work of Georgina Landemare, the Churchills' longest-serving cook.
Throughout the war ye…
2 years, 11 months ago
The Great Storm of 1703
A Stuart time capsule has emerged from beneath the sand after 320 years. In early December 1703, barometers across South-Eastern England plunged as a…
2 years, 11 months ago
Islam vs Christendom
As two of humanity's great religions, Islam and Christianity have shaped much of the world's history. Empires across the globe have risen and fallen …
3 years ago
A Short History of Bank Collapses
Looking back at the past few weeks, it seems like banks are collapsing left, right and centre; but what exactly does this mean for us? Are these inco…
3 years ago
Soviet "Bone Music"
While rifling through a stall at a flea market in Leningrad- now St Petersburg- composer and music producer Stephen Coates came across something unus…
3 years ago
The Death of Amy Dudley
On 6 September 1560, Amy Robsart Dudley died after falling down a staircase at Cumnor Place in Oxfordshire. But did she fall? Was she pushed? Or did …
3 years ago
Satire & Scandal in Georgian England
Can we trace the 'British sense of humour' back to the Georgian period? It was an age of royal madness, political intrigue, the birth of modern celeb…
3 years ago