On April 30 1980 six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate overlooking..

In 1621 fifty-seven women undertook a three-month journey to Jamestown after responding to an advert..

The iconic Spitfire found fame during the darkest early days of World War II. But what happened beyo..

D-Day 6 June 1944 was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation..

September 1939. For years now Britain has been rudderless divided and grievously unequal. When war b..

Sir Maurice Oldfield was one of the most important British spies of the Cold War era. A farmer’s s..

In the summer of 1941 bored and eccentric young officer David Stirling came up with a plan that was ..

On 17th July 1918 the whole of the Russian Imperial Family was murdered. There were no miraculous es..

Imagine you could travel back to the 14th century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to..

At 12.16am on Wednesday June 5 1968 Senator Robert F. Kennedy was shot and mortally wounded in the s..

The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act of 1919 was one of the most significant pieces of legislation..

On a warm July evening in 1985 a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in Moscow ho..

This is the story of the last acrimonious days of The Beatles a final chapter reconstructing for the..

In the Ukrainian city of Poltava stands a building known as the Rooster House an elegant mansion wit..

For four months and five hundred miles Colin Thubron walked the mountains of Lebanon following track..