The historians behind World War II with Tom Hanks have written some brilliant books. Here's what to read next if the series ...

To celebrate World War II with Tom Hanks on Sky HISTORY, test your knowledge of the battles, leaders and human stories that ...

Win or lose, the passion and dedication of Olympic athletes is awe-inspiring, not to mention the bravery required to perform for such huge audiences. To label any of them as ‘the worst’ would be ...

From both sides of the war and all around the world, captured soldiers, sailors and airmen dared the impossible to win their freedom. Greatest Escapes of WWII, starting Tuesday, 29th April on Sky ...

Although nothing more than the actors’ faces were shown, Pope Pius XII denounced the film, Hitler banned it and America gave it a limited run years later. However, many considered Ecstasy a great ...

Women have been key players in espionage for centuries – centuries longer than you probably thought. Of course, when you think of surveillance, the first era that likely springs to mind is the Cold ...

A WWII series binge is a bit like packing for a long weekend…you think you’re just grabbing the essentials, and then somehow you’ve got five hours of archive footage, a miniseries about paratroopers ...

Unlike the often tumultuous period that exists between the transfer of power from one prime minister to the next, there is no such interval when a new monarch ascends to the throne. The very instant a ...

How many times has the UK hosted Eurovision? On Saturday, 13th May 2023, the UK hosted the Eurovision song contest finals for a record ninth time in Liverpool, on behalf of Ukraine. Even discounting ...

We are increasingly living in a world where the unthinkable and the unimaginable are becoming reality. Not long ago the thought of organised blackouts in the UK was confined to the history books or ...

The Easter Rising was one of the most important events in modern Irish history. Taking place in April 1916, it was an armed rebellion led by Irish republicans who wanted to end British rule in Ireland ...

Also known as the ‘Golden Square outbreak’, the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak remains one of the most important events in the history of public health, health geography and epidemiology. In 1854, ...