In February 1788, Britain’s elite gathered in Westminster Hall to watch the first major impeachment of an empire‑builder — Warren Hastings. Charged with corruption, cruelty and misuse of power in ...

The phrase that has come to define the Trump administration’s message on climate change was born in Durham, New Hampshire, on ...

A lot of the propaganda about the Civil War and the Confederacy was directly created to combat the Civil Rights Movement.

On October 19, 1781, the cause of liberty was immortalized on a riverside Virginia field when the Continental Army wrested victory from the arms of the ...

Blaming the British for the destruction helped persuade some wavering colonists to back the fight for independence. But the ...

In the late 16th century, as European powers raced to establish colonies in the New World and Asia, one Muslim ruler had his ...

When Russia invaded Ukraine, the West roared with moral outrage, imposed sanctions, and expelled Russia from cultural life.

Anthony Horowitz describes himself as a shy child who didn’t enjoy sports and preferred getting lost in a good book from his father’s library. “What [my father] would do was talk to me about his love ...

History is often weaponised. Asif’s comments are an example. They mix military threat with a distorted version of historical ...

Hampshire residents have been honoured with British Empire Medals for their dedicated community services. In a ceremony held in Winchester, the HM Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire, Nigel Atkinson Esq, ...

Jane Goodall plays with Bahati, a three-year-old female chimpanzee, at the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary near Nanyuki, north of Nairobi. Goodall has passed away at the age of 91. File image/AP The ...