By the early years of the twentieth century American trains were rivalling those of Britain and France. And, of them all, the Empire State Express was perhaps the greatest.
In AD 927 King Æthelstan attended a political gathering at a place called 'Eamont'. Here Ryan Lavelle, author of Border Land, looks back to this foundational moment.
From Wall Street in 1918 to Lens in France and Axbridge in Somerset, here are our history news stories this Remembrance Week.
The Parisian skyline was changing in a strange and stirring way in July 1888 when Gustave Eiffel led a tour of his majestic new tower
More than 150 years on, this remains one of the great puzzles in maritime history. Whatever happened to those aboard the Mary Celeste?
Colourised and remastered images from Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova Expedition
On 23 February 1945 one of the most iconic photographs of the Second World War was taken on the Pacific island of Iwo Jima. Here it is in colour
In AD 927 King Æthelstan attended a political gathering at a place called 'Eamont'. Here Ryan Lavelle, author of Border Land, looks back to this foundational moment.
Our pick of new history books for November. From the Pope to Wikipedia, American Presidents to the Roman Republic
Our pick of new history books for October. From Wireheads to Chaucer, Napoleon's Marshals to Sherlock Holmes.
The director Dominic Dromgoole, author of Time Frames, explains the historical forces behind the 'Proscenium Playwrights' of today.
By the early years of the twentieth century American trains were rivalling those of Britain and France. And, of them all, the Empire State Express was perhaps the greatest.
From Wall Street in 1918 to Lens in France and Axbridge in Somerset, here are our history news stories this Remembrance Week.
The novelist Clare Clark explains why the construction of Llyn Celyn Reservoir became such a divisive political story
Swift, Shakespeare, Marlowe and Keats are some of the historical writers appearing in the news this week.
In his new book 'Wireheads', Mike Jay looks at the stories of those who sought to use technology to gain control of the brain.
The story of post-revolutionary Iran has been one of missed opportunities and of a government betraying its people, explain the authors of a new history of the period
Rob Bishop is Aston Villa's club historian. Here he tells us how he landed this singular job and about the rich history of one of England's greatest football teams
The General Strike of 1926 marked a precarious moment in British political and social history, as Jonathan Schneer explains
By the early years of the twentieth century American trains were rivalling those of Britain and France. And, of them all, the Empire State Express was perhaps the greatest.
The earliest surviving photographic image of the US Capitol was captured with skill and grace by John Plumbe in the mid-1840s.