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 ...

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

Saint Nicholas was, and is, such an inspiring figure that even though the town of his birthplace is now largely Muslim, and so no longer recognises Christmas, they still celebrate the figure of Santa ...

‘Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops'. Ever since the Battle of Stalingrad ended in early 1943, the Germans have been ...

To convince the revolutionaries, he showed them that his cannons were not loaded. Instead of calming the agitated crowd, news of the unloaded cannons emboldened a group of men to climb over the outer ...

Edison electrocuted animals to death, supported the electric chair and tried to communicate with the dead. But the ‘Wizard’ is revered for his contributions to the light bulb, the phonograph, the ...

Back home, Pavlichenko was promoted to major and awarded the Gold Star of the Hero of the Soviet Union as well twice receiving the Order of Lenin. Although her tour of the West did not achieve its ...

Crimea had been part of Russia for 200 years until 1954, when it was gifted to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine by the then Russian Premier, Nikita Khrushchev. This was to commemorate the 300th ...

Did you know that our days of the week are named after gods worshipped by Vikings? The great raven god Odin, otherwise known as Woden, gives us Wednesday (literally, Woden’s Day). Meanwhile, Tuesday ...

River Hunters pairs US Youtube sensation Beau Ouimette, a river detectorist with over 30 years’ experience, with presenter and keen swimmer Rick Edwards, as they search the UK’s waterways for ...

Royal Mob was the term Queen Victoria herself used to describe her huge, extended family – 9 children, 42 grandchildren and 87 great-grandchildren. Her “favourites” were the glamorous and ...

The saga of North Korea in the 1966 World Cup is like something out of a film. To begin with, let’s consider the context. Just over a decade earlier, the Korean War had come to an end. This was a ...