This often noisy exercise in projection is wholly dismissive, for example, of concerns that the man, as the conservative commentator Matthew Parris put it in The Times, is “a slob, a cheat, a ...

Dominic Alexander continues his series on revolutionary change in history by looking at the founding of Russian socialism ...

2019: Australian cardinal George Pell is sentenced to six years in prison for sexual abuse. On the same day, British MPs vote to reject a no-deal Brexit, defeating Theresa May’s government 321 votes ...

Queen Camilla opted for a sentimental brooch as she attended the Commonwealth Day Reception at Marlborough House. The royal was beaming as she joined King Charles to meet with guests for the annual ...

Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the ...

In the meantime, the assassinations started piling up. In 1904, Governor-General Nikolai Bobrikov was the first to be taken down by the Finns. Soon after, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich, a relative ...

The League of Corinth was an initiative of King Philip II of Macedon to unite all Greek city-states against the Persian ...

The Ptolemaic Dynasty, established by the Macedonian Greek general Ptolemy I Soter, ruled Egypt for almost three centuries.

Celebrate Alexander Graham Bell Day on March 7, honouring the inventor of the first telephone nearly 150 years ago.

Marco Polo (1254--1324) is likely the most famous merchant who ever lived. Even small children know his name, thanks to the ...

In the early 20th Century Tsar Nicholas II in Russia was under the spell of a demonic cleric, Grigorii Rasputin, who ...

Syed Firdaus Ashraf marches through time to trace the bitter history between Russia and its West European neighbours.