The historians behind World War II with Tom Hanks have written some brilliant books. Here's what to read next if the series ...
What's new on the Sky HISTORY channel: ...
Over recent years, we’ve become accustomed to seeing husband-and-wife pairs present together on British TV. Usually, though, these have been restricted to the gentle confines of daytime TV. There’s ...
On 17 July 1918 Russia’s last Imperial Family – Tsar Nicholas II, his wife Alexandra, and their five children Olga, Tatiana, Maria, Anastasia and Alexey – were all brutally murdered in Ekaterinburg, ...
Intelligent, ruthless, sexually insatiable: she was the most powerful woman in the world, dragging Russia 'out of her medieval stupor and into the modern world'.
In 1977, British actor Robert Powell was cast as Jesus for Franco Zeffirelli's Jesus of Nazareth. Acting alongside Hollywood greats, like Anne Bancroft, Christopher Plummer and James Mason, Powell ...
Want to know more about history's first extreme sport? Read about knights and explore the history of jousting on history.co.uk ...
The Lost Women Spies tells the story of the female spies whose vital missions during World War II have remained secret for more than 50 years. The show starts Tuesday, 14th January at 9pm on Sky ...
Some didn't give his marriage to Clementine more than six months, yet it lasted 56 years. Her tact, support and advice soothed his temper, and helped win the war. The son of Lord Randolph Churchill ...
Known as the ‘Reluctant King’, George VI is universally recognised as the father of the late Queen Elizabeth II and for his pronounced stammer, which was the focus of the Oscar-winning British movie ...
There are some who don’t subscribe to the majority view that we’re living in the 21st century. Instead, they believe we’re actually in the 1700s, arguing that 300 years of world history is actually ...
Big enough to bail out the US, buy in a President & build the first billion dollar company. Meet JP Morgan. His millionaire father, Junius, made his fortune by investing other people’s money and ...
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