Everything you wanted to know about the black death

From miasma to miracles: how medieval medicine desperately battled the bubonic plague

Lessons from the plague ships centuries ago can help protect our horses today. Fleur Whitlock MRCVS and Richard Newton FRCVS outline simple steps to safeguard your yard

Swine dining: pannage has begun in the New ...

ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BROADWATER FARM RIOTS, WE LOOK AT THE DARK HISTORY OF PUBLIC DISORDER IN THE UK

The strong social norms of Britain’s working class helped generations of immigrants integrate. But today’s fractured society makes that far harder, with worrying implications for the future

Three months after German forces captured Fort Douaumont in February 1916 (see issue 1 of Iron Cross) a calamity befell the occupiers, predominantly comprising troops from the Prussian Brandenburg reg