The earth-shattering collapse of the Western Roman Empire was the result of invasions, corruption and cruelty

Composite figment of imaginations The writer credited with composing the Iliad and the Odyssey, and often regarded as one of the most important authors of all time, is to my mind the most overrated hi

The article on the battle against U-boats in the Second World War in the November issue omitted perhaps the most important episode. That was the part played by the late Joe Baker-Cresswell of Bamburgh

THE LIFE AND SCANDAL OF PRINCESS LOUISE, PRINCE ALBERT’S MOTHER

In June 1993, two new children’s books made an appearance in bookshops throughout the country. The cover of the first, Terrible Tudors, featured a cartoon by illustrator Martin Brown, of a 16th centur

The normal diet of gladiators was vegetarian, but not through choice or principle. The rations in their barracks consisted of sagina, which literally translates as ‘stuffing’. It was a barley and bean