On September 1 1939, with the start of the Second World War, the only television channel in Britain was mothballed.

Having reached the age of 103, Fred puts his long life down to luck, whiskey and stopping smoking in 1963, and believes he ...

Britain’s Denge Sound Mirrors, three concrete structures on the Kent coast built between 1928 and 1930, were designed to ...

I hate paperwork enough when the worst consequence is having to fill out the same form twice. History had much higher stakes.

Hardly anyone with vivid and immediate experience of the Second World War is still alive. Even those of us who learnt of it ...

In my young years, which included the fabled Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, the idea of stockpiling prunes or anything else ...

The decree also includes Danzig, Poznan, parts of Łódź and Upper Silesia in the Third Reich. The measure comes into effect on November 1, 1939.

Four young crew of a Lancaster bomber from RAF Methwold who lost their lives when the aircraft was shot down in flames have ...

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova 1937– / Valentina Tereshkova - The First Woman to Leave Earth. MVP ARCHIVE PEOPLE > Space : ...

Few pre-war American cars carry the futuristic punch of a supercharged Cord, and a beautifully restored example is now for ...

The combination of Iranian, Russian and Chinese aggression is deeply concerning: just how much more concerned with security should the country be?, asks Guardian columnist Gaby hinsliff ...