Grown in India and sold into China, opium generated substantial revenues for British rule – and much more Lin Zexu was a ...

An early medieval text describes rituals intended to protect pregnancies and address the loss of a child. Historian Elinor ...

Hugh Jackman dons the mantle of medieval England’s most famous folk hero in The Death of Robin Hood. Emily Briffett spoke to him to find out more about how he brought the mythic outlaw of the Middle A ...

Witnesses described a pistol and a bloodied body. Soviet investigators pointed to poison. The evidence surrounding Hitler’s death reveals how his final moments became another battleground between the ...

Gritty and grounded, The Death of Robin Hood stars Hugh Jackman as the legendary outlaw, now gravely wounded after a lifetime of violence and offered a final chance at redemption. Speaking to writer ...

An average life expectancy of around 30 conceals enormous differences in medieval lifespans. Some people reached their eighties and beyond – but surviving long enough to grow old depended heavily on ...

When confronted with the Viking foe who had threatened to take his land – and his life – King Alfred of Wessex chose to forgive his defeated Norse opponent ...

On 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin climbed into a tiny spacecraft at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Soviet Kazakhstan and was launched beyond the sky. His flight came less than four years after the Soviet ...

The Bayeux Tapestry is being displayed in the UK as part of a landmark exhibition at the British Museum in London. The embroidery is normally housed at the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in Normandy, but a ...