Whether you explore the galleries or the new Silk Roads exhibition, start your weekend at the British Museum with late opening this Friday. From the Rosetta Stone to Japanese netsuke, discover a ...

Mary Seacole, born Mary Jane Grant in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1805, was a pioneering figure in medicine and a celebrated humanitarian.

Actor Martin Clunes has praised a Welsh war horse who survived the Charge of the Light Brigade in the Crimean War, describing ...

Ger began his talk by recommending that people read the book by Michael Byrne, Offaly and The Great War.

They had been aware of American power and influence since before the First World War and for them, spying on the United States was nothing more than a continuation of their efforts to prevent that ...

Vladimir Putin has approved an updated nuclear doctrine, saying that Russia could consider using nuclear weapons if it is ...

UK condemns ‘depraved’ Putin’s nuclear shift as Kyiv uses first long-range missiles - Russian president Vladimir Putin has ...

I HAVE had a letter from Jack informing me of Sep’s death, poor lad,” wrote Lance-Corporal Oswald Garbutt of the Green Howards back to ...

The Prosecutor's Office of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol has served a Russian archaeologist with a notice of suspicion over illegal excavations at a Ukrainian cultural heritage site. His ...

Soldiers tend to be much more down on war than those who send them into it, writes Juliet Jacques, as even the briefest look ...

A MAN who stumbled upon a war hero’s medal and made it ... who served in the British Army for the Royal Horse Artillery. His family met Frank last week to receive his service medal and he presented it ...