Despite his own successful career, TV’s Dr Hilary Jones , 72, would not encourage his children to go into medicine today. He explains why and proposes radical changes to reform modern healthcare

Nine-year-old future star of the silent screen Charlie Chaplin, his mother Hannah, and older half-brother Sydney entered the Lambeth workhouse, south London, in July 1898. The boys were soon transferr

In autumn 1883, an unusual news story captured the imagination of the British public. It was a tale of deception, fraud – and telephones. On Friday 21 September, a young barrister’s clerk in Birmingha

When Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939, the Army numbered just over one million men, comprising both the regular forces and the part-time Territorial Army. The National Service (Armed

The annual National Historic Ships UK Photography Competition offers a window into our maritime past and how it touches the present day

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