I n 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue. That, at least, is what the famous rhyme tells us. Memorising such dates is a common experience of being taught history – a cliché superbly lampooned by the w

A Spain allied with the Nazis in the Second World War would have ruined the Allied campaign in the Middle East, but doomed the Francoist state to an earlier collapse

I greatly enjoyed your interview with Alice Roberts about her new book Domination, (Books Interview, September), and its argument that the church was essentially Rome rebadged, with its structures and

Captives and Companions: A History of Slavery and ...

Danny Bird Your book opens with the story of a woman named Solitude on Guadaloupe. Why did you choose to start with her and what can she tell us about the wider history of resistance among enslaved pe

Charles FitzRoy immerses us in the experiences of people who travelled to the city in the 18th century