The pamphlet, issued to American GIs about to travel overseas to Britain, was intended to ease any friction between the young ...

With some items on display for the first time since 1900, the British Museum’s new show gives voice to a ‘fascinating, rarely ...

The Romans knew better than to mix military personnel with civilian populations. This caused Caesar’s assassination. Most historians say it was Britain’s quartering of troops with civilians that made ...

Rome’s conquest of Britain was not a single invasion but decades of resistance, rebellion, and hard choices, from forest warfare and tribal revolts to the destruction unleashed by Boudica. This ...

The history of this place goes back well over 250 years, when it was a remote outpost that was a literally a farm for more ...

Recently, 16 Chinese online novels have been added to the collection of the British Library, including My Heroic Husband, Up in the Heaven, The Era of the Earth, The First Order, Great Doctor Ling Ran ...

War of 1812 veteran Shadrack Byfield's second book describes a grittier life story—and a hook for a hand.

Federal agents stand outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building as protesters gather in Minneapolis, Saturday, Jan. 10 ...

Britain, they decided, likes the nanny state. It does not. It tolerates intrusion until the costs become visible, and then it ...

Once a settlement of dozens of farms, a pub, cemetery and over 200 inhabitants whose forebears had farmed the land for ...

The charming city has been named the 'world's most beautiful' thanks to its historic buildings, bustling high street and ...

History buffs are no doubt familiar with the story of Shadrack Byfield, a rank-and-file British redcoat who fought during the ...