As Kamala Harris and Donald Trump battle it out for the US presidency, Rob Attar looks back through American history to offer ...

The history of the US presidency is littered with tales of extra-marital affairs and allegations of corruption. Jonathan ...

The US presidential elections of recent years have been some of most contested – and divisive – in history. Here, historian ...

How well do you know these hirsute figures from history? It’s November, a month where many grow moustaches in aid of men’s ...

On board is the dog Laika, the first known living animal to travel in space. Laika, the Russian space dog, inside the Soviet satellite Sputnik II in preparation of becoming the first living creature ...

Did you know the Sovereign is one of the world’s oldest coins still in production today? In fact, Sovereign coins were first struck for Tudor kings more than 500 years ago, before the modern version ...

You're a sailor (or, maybe even a famous pirate). Several weeks out to sea, you come across another ship that seems to be acting strangely. Getting a closer look, you realise it is floating adrift, ...

Halloween’s roots lie in the ancient festival Samhain. Celebrated on the evening of 31 October and into 1 November, Celts believed this was when the boundary between the living and the dead was at its ...