How the Red Army pushed back German forces and what they discovered in their wake as WWII turned

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

The geography of Batumi, Georgia, makes it one of the great destinations for observing mass migration of raptors, writes Mike Weedon

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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

Thomas Jones Barker completed this enormous painting to commemorate the Crimean War’s last major action