On July 24, 1567, one of the most dramatic chapters in Scottish history unfolded when Mary, Queen of Scots, was compelled to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rob Salkowitz is an Eisner-nominated comics journalist and author. This article is more than 4 years old. The British History ...

Therefore, Unbothered has curated seven must-read Black British history books that challenge the distorted depictions of our past and have marred our understanding of a people, and more personally, ...

From the British Admiralty came a simple three-word order that would go down in history: “Sink the Bismarck!” Just as it was poised to reach safety in France, the Bismarck was crippled by antiquated ...

Just what drove the expansion of the British Empire into one of the largest in history? Kenneth Morgan weighs up whether it was the desire for greater trade or the thirst for conquest. The long 18th ...

Ian Stewart is a historian of modern Europe. Here he picks five of his favourite British history books that tell the stories of a union. Originally written in Welsh, this translation traces the ...

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...