Esteemed film director Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey has sparked plenty of excitement. An adaptation of the hugely influential Ancient Greek epic of the same name, its star-stacked cast includes ...

The British monarchy has many deep-rooted German links. The first two Hanoverian monarchs — George I and George II — grew up in German lands. George III and Queen Victoria had German-born spouses. The ...

The historians behind World War II with Tom Hanks have written some brilliant books. Here's what to read next if the series ...

When politicians discuss civil liberties today, mention of the Magna Carta never seems far away. This document was originally drafted more than 800 years ago in a bid to rein in the tyrannical ...

The 2026 FIFA World Cup is finally here, and is being held across three countries – the United States, Canada and Mexico – following the success of the United 2026 joint bid. 11 cities in the US will ...

Looking at the super-modern city-state of Singapore now, it’s hard to believe that it was once a ruinous warzone. However, as the world found itself engulfed in war in the early 1940s, Singapore ...

The word ‘legend’ is thrown about too often and too whimsically these days, diluting the potency and impact of the term. If we could restore the word to its former glory, then very few people would ...

Women have been key players in espionage for centuries – centuries longer than you probably thought. Of course, when you think of surveillance, the first era that likely springs to mind is the Cold ...

The Easter Rising was one of the most important events in modern Irish history. Taking place in April 1916, it was an armed rebellion led by Irish republicans who wanted to end British rule in Ireland ...

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 ...

A WWII series binge is a bit like packing for a long weekend…you think you’re just grabbing the essentials, and then somehow you’ve got five hours of archive footage, a miniseries about paratroopers ...

Éliphas Lévi might be the most influential magician you’ve never heard of. He was born in France on 8th February 1810 and did not start professing knowledge of the occult until the age of 40. However, ...