The assassination of Prince Charles's great-uncle and confidant, Lord Mountbatten, at the hands of the IRA in 1979, rocked the royal family. Ahead of series four of The Crown, Andrew Lownie explains how the events unfolded and considers why Mountbatten – affectionately named 'Dickie' – was murdered…
A new take on the Aztecs, a study of the expulsion of Native Americans from their ancestral homelands in the 1930s, and a sweeping exploration of the East India Company are among the books nominated for a major history award...
To coincide with the release of new film Enola Holmes, which follows the adventures of Sherlock Holmes's younger sister, Netflix has erected statues around the UK of historical women who have been 'overshadowed' by their more famous brothers…
The doodles, notes and images that inhabit the borders of medieval books offer us a unique perspective on historical relationships with the written word. Johanna Green enters the bizarre realm of marginalia...
Napoleon Bonaparte's final bid for power came to an end with defeat at Waterloo in Belgium on 18 June 1815 at the hands of the Seventh Coalition – but what if he had won?
As a new series of The Great British Bake Off begins in the UK, learn how to make Prinsesstårta (Princess cake), a Swedish layer cake that first appeared in print in a 1948 cookbook...
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