For no longer than 38 minutes on 27 August 1896, the one-sided Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between the might of the British ...

Ancient peoples were looking after their teeth with – admittedly unappealing – concoctions that included animal bones, herbs and, in the case of the Romans, human wee. There was no single inventor, bu ...

A skilled and courageous frontiersman who became a politician; an outspoken and popular politician who was transformed into ...

From royals’ penchant for erotic furniture to medieval magic, test your knowledge on the history of sex… Lauren Good is the ...