Emily Hobhouse revealed the truth about Britain’s brutal treatment of Boer civilians during the South African War. She was ...

The Fountain of Youth is most associated with the Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León, but people have believed in ...

“Julia was so crazed for sex that she went down every night into the Forum and sold sex to every passing boatman and gladiator.” Or so the ancient Roman writer Seneca would have us believe. A daughter ...

Amazons, werewolves and unnamed traders: historian Owen Rees uncovers the lives hidden at the edges of ancient empires – and ...