Soldier gallery refresh

From disastrous beginnings to heroic triumph, this exhibition comprehensively covers the Second World War Burma campaign

Past and present entwine at the Black Country Living Museum, where history is close enough to touch and stories of the past unfold

Built on land bordering Queen’s Park, it was simply a wonderful and exotic place. As a five-year-old first-timer, until it closed for good (when I was 11 years old), I visited the place so many times

It has become fashionable today for critics of major western museums to call for a ‘reckoning’ or ‘coming to terms’ with the imperialist and racist histories of some institutions. This approach is roo

The celebrated historian explains why he’s taking to the stage with a Maxim gun on his new live tour

On a beautiful summer’s morning almost 110 years ago, men of the British Army stepped out into no-man’s land at 7.30am. It was 1 July 1916, and the start of what was then called ‘The Big Push’. With h