The crusade against the odds

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

324 CE CONSTANTINOPLE FOUNDED Constantine selects Byzantium as ...

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

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

LONG MARSTON, YORKSHIRE 2 JULY 1644

THE TURNING POINTS OF 1812