Painting of a European marketplace

Europe

A drawing depicting a German monoplane dropping bombs on Paris during the First World War

First World War

Creating fake Paris: how one man built a mock city to fool WW1 German bombers

Eurovision: a political history

In the AD 40s, the British king Caratacus led a huge revolt against Rome's occupying army. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Caratacus: Roman Britain’s greatest rebel

Coco Chanel in Paris, 1929

Why we should remember…How Chanel No 5 revolutionised the beauty business

Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, better known to history as the Ladies of Llangollen

Q&AWho were the Ladies of Llangollen?

American citizens Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, following their arrest by the FBI 1950. They were convicted of passing infomation to the Soviets and executed in 1953

The secrets and lies of Cold War spies

Our collage shows three generations of the Dudley family

The Dudley dynasty: the family behind the Tudors

An illustration of Colonel Blood

What happened to Colonel Thomas Blood?

The Arnolfini portrait painting – oil on wood – appears to depict a wealthy couple holding hands in a domestic setting, the bed perhaps indicating that they are in a bedchamber

What great paintings sayThe Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck, 1434

Spain’s tumultuous story

Despatches on dictators: US reporters in 1930s Europe

Illustration of Queen Matilda of Boulogne, by Eleanor Shakespeare

Matilda of Boulogne: Norman England’s warrior queen

Second World War

BiographyOskar Schindler: your guide to his life and legacy

The Spanish town of Guernica after the bombing by German and Italian aircraft, 1937. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Second World War

The bombing of Guernica: who was responsible?

Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on the laws of war“Russian politicians and military figures behind the awful events unfolding in Ukraine will, one day, be brought to justice”

The coats of arms of the kingdoms of Scotland and France

Q&AHow old is the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland?

The Jagiellonians: the dynasty that shaped central Europe

The Northman: bringing the Viking world to life on screen

A still from James Cameron's 'Titanic'. (Image by Alamy)

How accurate are the most famous films about Titanic?

Winston Churchill discusses the invasion of Sicily with other senior Allied figures in 1943

Second World War

Operation Mincemeat: how a corpse duped Hitler

Medieval emotions: were they like our own?

Titanic in dry doc before it was launched

TitanicWhen and how was the ship built?

Burning down Ireland’s stately homes

A photograph of a WW1 soldier and his pet thrush

How WW1 soldiers found hope in nature

Peter Caddick-Adams

Peter Caddick-Adams on generals killed in battle“Russian general casualties in Ukraine today are significantly higher than the Allied commitment in WW2”

The Three Musketeers sitting at a table

The real three musketeers: the historical Athos, Porthos and Aramis (and d’Artagnan) revealed

Why the Ukraine conflict isn’t a new Cold War

The Trojan Horse is pulled in the city of Troy

Q&AWhat is the Trojan Horse and why do we say 'Beware the Greeks bearing gifts'?

Eggs, bunnies and Jesus Christ: the history and origins of Easter

United States and Nato flags fly above US Air Force fighter jets in Lithuania

Is the future of Nato under threat?