The annual National Historic Ships UK Photography Competition offers a window into our maritime past and how it touches the present day

I was very interested to read Nicola Johnson’s article exploring the world of stokers in your January 2026 issue. My great grandfather, John Thomas Gray, was a stoker on the HMS Indomitable during the

My February issue of HistoryExtra magazine arrived today and I was fascinated to see the cover image informing readers of “Lucy Worsley’s hunt for a London serial killer”. The image (below) itself see

Synonymous with the famous battle it is named after, the seaside resort of Hastings in East Sussex is a place forever cemented in the minds of British schoolchildren. Especially those who were tutored

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Fitting-out time is here again. Because I winter up in the Baltic where the sea still sometimes freezes, my season doesn’t really start until May. It was different when I berthed my 22ft wooden sloop