History Revealed
PARANORMAL COLD CASE
INVESTIGATING HISTORY'S MOST SPINE-CHILLING ENCOUNTERS
2 min |
September 2022
History Revealed
The Great Tea Race comes to a thrilling end
THIS MONTH... 1866
5 min |
September 2022
History Revealed
Manager at the Roman Baths and Pump Room
MY LIFE IN HISTORY
3 min |
September 2022
History Revealed
WHAT IF... ARCHDUKE FRANZ FERDINAND HADN'T BEEN ASSASSINATED?
Professor Paul Miller-Melamed and Nige Tassell question the mythologised importance of the Sarajevo assassination over the last century, and whether it really made World War I inevitable
4 min |
September 2022
History Revealed
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE EDWARDIANS
Dr John Jacob Woolf answers key questions about a brief but momentous 'gilded age' for Britain
6 min |
September 2022
History of War
NEW WINDOW ON A GENOCIDE
The World War I aviation historical society Cross & Cockade International (CCI) has unveiled aerial photography depicting devastated villages and settlements in the Armenian Highlands, the scene of widespread atrocities
4 min |
Issue 110
History of War
THE TET OFFENSIVE
It may have been a colossal military failure, but in many ways this campaign marked the turning point of the Vietnam War
8 min |
Issue 110
History of War
Heroes of the Medal of Honor: RALPH PUCKETT
After capturing high ground at Hill 205 in Korea, US Rangers fought off repeated counterattacks. In the thick of the fighting, their commanding officer provided an extraordinary example of heroism
6 min |
Issue 110
History of War
KITCHENER'S RECONQUEST OF SUDAN
With rival European imperial powers vying for influence in North Africa, Britain set about crushing the Mahdist forces once and for all
3 min |
Issue 110
History of War
THE SIEGE OF KHARTOUM
While the Mahdi was making his moves in Sudan, the British were exerting their control over Egypt following the Anglo-Egyptian War of 1882
3 min |
Issue 110
History of War
Great Battles: THE BATTLE OF HUE
In 1968, as popular support for the US invasion of Vietnam faded, communist forces captured the city of Hue in just two hours. They only held it for a few weeks but it was a turning point in the war, and American history
10+ min |
Issue 110
History of War
TIMELINE OF... MAHDIST WAR
Muhammad Ahmad transforms Sudan into a militant Islamic state and directly clashes with Egyptian and European colonial armies
2 min |
Issue 110
History of War
DASSAULT Mirage III
The French multi-role delta jet that's still in service nearly seven decades after its first flight
3 min |
Issue 110
History of War
CONFESSIONS OF A POLISH EXECUTIONER
In the dark days of Nazi occupation one resistance member was tasked with assassinating Germans, and even his own countrymen who had become collaborators
10 min |
Issue 110
History of War
STALINGRAD: THE CITY THAT REFUSED TO DIE
The industrial heart of Soviet Russia was in fact never a German objective for Case Blue. So how did it become a turning point in the war and a devastating loss for the Nazis?
10+ min |
Issue 110
History of War
THE RISE OF THE MAHDI
One of the most infamous conflicts of Queen Victoria's reign lasted from 1881 to 1899 - but exactly how did Britain become embroiled in a war in which it had little interest?
3 min |
Issue 110
History Revealed
International head of silver at Christie's
MY LIFE IN HISTORY MEET THE PEOPLE BRINGING THE PAST TO LIFE
3 min |
August 2022
History Revealed
TEA, TOURS AND TOP HATS
When it came to getting away from it all, our forebears weren't all that different from us...
4 min |
August 2022
History Revealed
WHAT GREAT PAINTINGS SAY
A mythological love-at-first-sight meeting becomes a Renaissance masterpiece
2 min |
August 2022
History Revealed
THE HONEYMOON OF JAMES VI AND ANNA OF DENMARK
Amy Licence charts the lavish celebrations that followed the wedding between one of Scotland's most famous monarchs and his Scandinavian bride
7 min |
August 2022
History Revealed
Professor Michael Goodman on the Legacy of the Cold War
"While the Cold War might be over, it is as relevant today as it always has been"
2 min |
August 2022
History Revealed
CHAOS IN CUBA
When one of the US's closest neighbours agreed to host Soviet nuclear missiles, it triggered the most dangerous crisis in world history
5 min |
August 2022
History Revealed
MONEY AND POWER
In 1947, the US pledged billions of dollars to help rebuild war-torn Europe - but the Soviets sensed an ulterior motive
2 min |
August 2022
History Revealed
CONTAINING THE THREAT
President Truman was willing to go to great lengths to halt the spread of communism – and in Greece and Turkey, he succeeded
2 min |
August 2022
History Revealed
FROM FRIENDS TO ENEMIES
After uniting to defeat the Nazis, east and west were soon divided once more
5 min |
August 2022
History Revealed
EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE COLD WAR
Professor Michael Goodman answers key questions about the decades-long rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union
7 min |
August 2022
History Revealed
Elizabeth Gaskell: a voice of the Victorians
While not the most famous novelist of her generation, 'Mrs Gaskell' helped bring the unpleasant implications of industrialisation to the public consciousness. But what motivated her to speak out?
3 min |
August 2022
History Revealed
The Acts of Union 1707
"Since 1603, England and Scotland had a shared monarch, but were separate: two crowns, on one head"
7 min |
August 2022
History Revealed
CATCHING THE RED FOX
On the surface, Klaus Fuchs was a diligent young scientist, enthusiastically helping Britain and the US develop powerful new weapons during World War II. But, as Roger Hermiston reveals, his true loyalties lay elsewhere
7 min |
July 2022
History Revealed
WHAT IF... THE BLACK DEATH HAD NEVER HAPPENED?
Professor Mark Bailey tells Nige Tassell why the world would have become a very different place had the plague outbreaks of the 14th century not triggered fundamental changes in society
3 min |