Before Bosworth, Margaret Beaufort’s actions were shaped less by maternal devotion to Henry Tudor than by trauma – and the ...

Has history captured Lady Jane Grey’s story accurately? As her childhood home re-opens to the public, we investigate the ...

African-Americans had wilfully violated the segregation of public transport before Rosa Parks, even in her hometown of Montgomery, Alabama, where 15-year-old Claudette Colvin was arrested nine months ...

On 18 June 1940, Nazism was sweeping across continental Europe and Britain seemed on a precipice. France, Britain’s principal ally on the continent, had rapidly collapsed under the force of the German ...

I’m Dave, and I’m broadly in charge of all the content we produce across the HistoryExtra portfolio, so that’s the print magazine, the website, podcasts, video output, apps and live events. Obviously ...

The assassinations of US presidents had lasting impacts on American history, shaping political policies, security measures ...