How did Britain's naval strength, coupled with the beginnings of the industrial revolution, lead to the establishment of a strong global empire? Discover the different tactics available to ...

Archaeological excavations on the Ile de Ré, an island off France's Atlantic coast, have unearthed graves and artefacts dating back to the 8th century – findings that confirm trading ties with ...

While London boasts some of the most famous museums and art galleries in the world, the rest of the UK is blessed with so ...

Prologue An Orphic hymn says that Kypris, Aphrodite of Cyprus, was the “scheming mother of necessity.” She controlled and ...

Six areas in the historic centre and docklands of the maritime mercantile City of Liverpool bear witness to the development of one of the world’s major trading centres in the 18th and 19th centuries.

The collapse of the Soviet Union greatly reduced the West’s fear of another world war—a fear that had led Western leaders to ...

Created as a hub for Asian art, the fair is succeeding at drawing more galleries and works from India and other parts of Asia ...

The Total War series is not just a strategy game, it is a hybrid beast with two heads. One is strategic, turn-based: on a ...

If history is destined to be revisited, the young might be best placed to do so. “Our idea of undivided India is basically ...

Planning a trip to New York on a budget sort of feels like going to the top of the Empire State Building… by scaling the side ...

Trump’s pledge to push the boundary of the US 2000 kilometres north channels 300 years of imperial rivalries over resources.