Medieval toilets might smell bad, especially if neglected, and streets could be unpleasant. But rather than being awash with ...

In the middle decades of the 19th century, Britain experienced rapid industrial change without suffering revolution or major ...

As Europe lay in ruins following the end of the Second World War, Churchill’s instinct was to punish the surviving Nazi ...

From dealing with nits to learning the three Rs, ancient Roman childhood bore some striking similarities to the modern ...

Rather than focusing on the risk to the Bayeux Tapestry in its forthcoming loan to the British Museum, David Musgrove argues ...

Victorian audiences revelled in riddles, physical comedy and bawdy jokes that challenge everything we think we know about 19th-century respectability ...

During the Second Punic War, the famous Carthaginian general Hannibal led his forces to numerous victories. But did he really take war elephants across the Alps?

Before picket lines and unionisation, ancient Egyptian artisans learned that collectively withdrawing labour could force even a pharaoh to negotiate ...

As well as creating new regulations on faith, Henry VIII’s 16th-century government also decided which kinds of knowledge were legitimate – and which were criminal ...

With conflicting advice and endless new trends, it can feel hard to keep up with the modern health and wellness space. But ...

The Cold War in Latin America is sometimes seen as an inevitable extension of rivalry between two emergent superpowers – the United States and the Soviet Union – in the new geopolitical context ...