Bruce Crompton is accustomed to analysing extraordinary militaria. Now he’s bringing this expertise to Sky HISTORY’s Battle ...

William Shakespeare is globally renowned. However, a new historical drama film, Hamnet, is another attempt to shine a light ...

Rylan Clark teams up with anthropologist Professor Alice Roberts to investigate one of the darkest and most harrowing chapters in British history - the murder of hundreds of women accused of ...

The story of ‘Witchfinder General’ Matthew Hopkins is firmly imprinted in the public consciousness. So, why is his assistant John Stearne so often forgotten?

The Fifth Beatle? Today we celebrate the birthday of the most famous Old English Sheepdog that was never used to advertise paint. As it was on this day in 1966 that Paul McCartney’s beloved pooch ...

From 1692 to 1693, a pandemic swept through Salem Massachusettes. The Salem Witch Trials may have only lasted 15 months, but over 200 people were accused of practising witchcraft in that short time.

Queen Victoria is Britain's longest reigning monarch, on the throne for 64 years. Alexandrina Victoria Wettin, of the Royal House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, was the daughter of Edward Augustus, Duke of ...

The women of the Air Transport Auxiliary in World War II are an often overlooked but crucial group. Read on to meet these ...

The competition between Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss to become prime minister has been fierce, not only because it comes off the back of Boris Johnson’s controversial exit, but because both candidates ...

Under escort from the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, nine black students enter the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas on this day in 1957. Three weeks earlier, Arkansas ...