On his death the manor passed to the 2nd Earl of Shrewsbury, who fought in the bloody War of the Roses, where he eventually ...

Chinese state institutions are bypassing Marxist-Leninist historiography to embrace transnational narratives of World War I ...

THE traditional conception of England among average Frenchmen is expressed in the words "perfidious Albion." Some years ago I made an effort to run down the source of the term. I failed. One meets it ...

If you're stuck for what to do over the Bank Holiday why not put yourself to the test with the Daily Express's fun quiz on ...

It feels like one of those times where I want to cover a few different topics and in homage to Larry King, who used to write ...

The walls and roof of the German U-boat pens at Saint-Nazaire France proved too strong for allied bombers during World War II ...

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

When it comes to magic, each anime does it differently, whether it's a power system or just a part of the world, and witches ...

Two hundred years ago, on 17 April 1825, France officially recognised Haiti ... if Haiti refused, there would be war. The country that had fought off slavery was made to pay its former oppressors ...

The big point, however, is that globalisation is evolving, with some high-profile areas in retreat but other, less obvious ...