This mission was so secret that few published records exist. Now, best-selling author Damien Lewis has unearthed the full incredible story from long-hidden files, family archives and untold personal accounts

Leading historians share their thoughts on what book or film you should delve into next

SOUTHEASTERN IRAQ 26-27 FEBRUARY 1991

Glasgow, 1942. The Carl Rosa Opera Company was in town to perform Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Tickets had been snapped up by local people – including many who didn’t really know what an opera was. The

Shackleton’s ship, Endurance, stuck in the ice in ...

I“’m dreaming of a white Christmas”: it’s a refrain that we’ve been hearing and singing for 83 years now. The probability of that dream coming to fruition varies by abode, of course, but is always pre