Ancient peoples were looking after their teeth with – admittedly unappealing – concoctions that included animal bones, herbs and, in the case of the Romans, human wee. There was no single inventor, bu ...

A skilled and courageous frontiersman who became a politician; an outspoken and popular politician who was transformed into ...

For no longer than 38 minutes on 27 August 1896, the one-sided Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between the might of the British ...

From royals’ penchant for erotic furniture to medieval magic, test your knowledge on the history of sex… Lauren Good is the ...

Of all the men and women associated with the so-called ‘golden age of piracy’, none ever rivalled the legendary status of Blackbeard. Edward Teach was born around 1680. By the autumn of 1717, he is ...

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The future Mary I and Thomas Cromwell were diametrically opposed in every way that mattered. She was a staunch Roman Catholic; he a reformist who masterminded the destruction of the monasteries and ...

Ridley Scott’s Gladiator makes certain you know exactly who Maximus Decimus Meridius is: “Commander of the armies of the north, general of the Felix Legions. Loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus ...

On the morning of 19 May 1536, Anne Boleyn climbed the scaffold erected on Tower Green, within the walls of the Tower of London. She gave a speech praising the goodness and mercy of the king, and ...