The battle of the river granicus

A cut-crystal bed, with associated mirrors and throne, sparkled at auction earlier this month, but no glamour could beat the prize that was the Union Flag flown by HMS Spartiate at the Battle of Trafalgar

MARK HAGGER Reader in medieval history, Bangor University The Bayeux Tapestry is one of a handful of historic artefacts that is immediately recognisable to almost everyone. It was due to be dismounted

LIKE ALL READERS, I AM SURE, I WAS THRILLED to hear the news that the Bayeux Tapestry is coming to England next year. 1066 is the most important date in British history, and the Tapestry is the greate

Around midday, off the coast at Actium in western Greece, two great fleets met in a confrontation that would decide the fate of the Roman world. Octavian, adopted heir of Julius Caesar, led a discipli

BETTANY HUGHES on bringing seven magnificent monuments to life

Portrait of George Frideric Handel by William Hoare