Her legend steeped in witchcraft, power and intrigue, the story of Viking queen Gunnhild Gormsdóttir blurs fact and fantasy
Medieval & Renaissance
History of War
Paddy Ashdown’s Wars: SBS Service in Borneo and Witnessing Genocide in Bosnia
Liberal Democrat peer Paddy Ashdown discusses his military service and the importance of history in uncertain times
History of War
10 Warrior Queens From Africa, Ancient Greece, Central Asia and Beyond
From Zenobia to Boudicca, discover 10 Warrior Queens who led their armies from the frontline
History of War
Fall of Singapore Veteran and Burma Railway POW: “Those that didn’t adapt didn’t come home”
Word War II veteran Bob Hucklesby, Royal Engineers, describes his harrowing experiences as a POW in the Far East
Medieval & Renaissance
8 Haunted Castles You Need to Visit in This Life or the Next
Witch Trials, Werewolves and Vlad the Impaler: Discover the 8 Most Haunted Castles in History
History of War
Plaszow Concentration Camp Survivor Edward Mosberg Shares His Heartbreaking Holocaust Testimony
Ed Mosberg, who appears in the documentary Destination Unknown, shares his experience the Krakow ghetto, Płaszów and Mauthausen
History of War
Between Atlantic and Europe: What the American and French Revolutions tell us about Britain’s historic dilemma
Rebel Cities author Mike Rapport on what Britain’s 18th century adventures tell us about the role of Europe and America
People & Politics
Denial’s Deborah Lipstadt on how historians can lead the fight against fake news
Her fight against Holocaust denier David Irving is the subject of the film Denial, but for Professor Deborah Lipstadt the war against falsehood is only just beginning
Medieval & Renaissance
Dan Jones on the Great Fire myths and misconceptions, Game of Thrones and the Knights Templar
Dan Jones talks about his new Channel 5 show with Suzannah Lipscomb and Rob Bell, The Great Fire: In Real Time.
People & Politics
Royals & Reprobates: Taboo’s Regency Roistering in Today’s London
Prostitutes, fight clubs and hangmen, on the trail of Taboo’s Regency underbelly in modern London
History of War
Falklands veteran Simon Weston CBE on Survival, Care and Reconciliation
Simon Weston discusses the Falklands War 35 years on, befriending his enemy and how care for ex-servicemen has developed
People & Politics
Mistaken for a tramp and unlucky in love: 8 surprising facts about Ludwig van Beethoven
8 Things you probably didn’t know about Beethoven by Susan Lund, author of ‘Beethoven: Life of an Artist’.
History Of Royals
Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones on Elizabeth I’s enemies
The hosts of Channel 5’s Elizabeth I on the Virgin Queen’s enemies, historical fiction and how close Gloriana came to losing her throne
Ancient Civilisations
The Facts Behind the Curse of Tutankhamun: Fake News from Beyond the Grave
How Arthur Conan Doyle and the Daily Mail turned the discovery of Tutankhamen into a work of gothic horror
History of War
Music in the Holocaust: Viktor Ullmann and the Theresienstadt camp orchestra
Composer and conductor Dr Nick Strimple on Singing in the Lion’s Mouth: Music and the Holocaust, 1933-2016
History of War
S.E.5 vs Sopwith Camel: What was World War I’s greatest fighting aircraft?
Nick Garton, author of The Royal Aircraft Factory SE5 Owners’ Workshop Manual, explains why this beautiful biplane ruled the skies above World War I
History Of Royals
Fabergé filmmaker on the ‘lost’ Winter Egg of 1913 and Elizabeth II’s incredible collection
How new documentary FABERGÉ: A LIFE OF ITS OWN caught one of the most caught after Romanov treasures on camera
History of War
How Germany Used the “Unfair” Treaty of Versailles to Dodge World War I Blame
We’ve seen the consequences of ‘alternative facts’ before, argues Jürgen Tampke, author of A Perfidious Distortion of History: The Versailles Peace Treaty and the Success of the Nazis
Ancient Civilisations
Much of what we know of Ancient Egypt is distorted by 19th century racism
Archaeologist and presenter, Dr John Romer, wants us to rethink Ancient Egypt and discard our European baggage
Medieval & Renaissance
A Saga of Ice and Fire: The Viking history of Iceland from settlement to strife
Iceland is more than a film set for Game of Thrones, its bloody Viking history is worthy of epic fantasy
People & Politics
Perm 36: The Soviet-era Gulag museum where Putin is rewriting history
The sole surviving Gulag, now a museum, has been remodelled to fit a surge in Soviet nostalgia and nationalist fervour
History of War
Battle of Britain ace Paul Farnes: “I didn’t think we were going to lose, it never occurred to us”
One of only two surviving Battle of Britain aces, Wing Commander Paul Farnes DFM remembers his Hurricane summer of 1940
People & Politics
Free State of Jones reminds us that slavery didn’t end with the Civil War and its poisonous legacy is real
Dr Thomas Sebrell on how Free State of Jones lays bare the racial fault line that still defines the United States
History Of Royals
George VI’s fight against fascism: History of Royals issue 12 on sale now
George VI and World War 2, Queen Victoria and haemophilia, the Byzantine Emperor’s Varangian guard and more, only in the new issue of History of Royals