Ulric cross 1917–2013

This week marks Armed Forces Day and DIANA WORTHINGTON shares her experiences of moving up the ranks…

Bourgeois chronicler of multicultural London who tended to deify black foreigners and demonise native whites

In WWII’s final weeks, this British Indian Army sepoy was severely wounded in Italy while silencing multiple German machine gun nests

Fritz Kosmahl, destined to become one of Germany’s most highly decorated two-seater pilots, was born in Leipzig on 5 September 1892. His early interest in aviation led him to undertake pilot training

July’s magazine featured a review of Max Hastings’s book Sword: D-Day Trial by Battle, alongside an iconic photograph of British troops. That image has featured so many times in articles and TV shows

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...