Britain’s neglect of its maritime heritage has led to shuttered shipyards, ailing fishing fleets and impoverished coastal towns

When French soldiers chose this wild, remote corner of Pembrokeshire to launch an invasion, they didn’t know what they were letting themselves in for…

Capturing the immediacy of fighting and the writhing bodies of soldiers, as well as keeping narrative clarity, proved enormously difficult for painters depicting battles before the advent of photography. Michael Hall reveals how they rose to the challenge

In 1945, the Allies were ready with a daring amphibious operation to liberate Jersey and Guernsey by force

The powerful Greek city-state overreached itself and saw its influence decline as it failed to integrate conquered territories

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