In 1809, as Napoleon fought the Austrians at Wagram, the war in Spain and Portugal continued to rage. The French had ...

In 1812 French forces in Spain were severely overstretched, as Napoleon withdrew the best troops for his invasion of Russia.

How Aachener Printen, Germany’s famous gingerless gingerbread, survived a honey shortage during Napoleon’s era and remains a ...

How Aachener Printen, Germany’s famous gingerless gingerbread, survived a honey shortage during Napoleon’s era and remains a ...

If Warhammer was set in a world warped by tubers instead of chaos, you might get Turnip28 - it's back on Kickstarter funding ...

Yet watch brands retain a trigger-happy fascination with a soldier’s life. This year, Tudor delivered a GMT version of the ...

The typical Greek-American historical narrative focuses on the 19th-century immigration but the first Greeks arrived in ...

Evelyn Dunbar’s rural artworks are the inspiration for the ENO production of The Elixir of Love. Dan Carrier talks to its ...

Ridley Scott claims that the 1977 Cannes Film Festival jury was paid off to reward 'Padre Padrone' instead of 'The Duellists' ...

Dating back to the late 18th century, Csáky Palace is a stunning example of Baroque and Classical architecture. It evokes Bratislava’s historic prominence as Pressburg (Pozsony), a key city during the ...

Britain’s military chiefs mutter privately that their forces would struggle to fight a European war lasting more than a few ...

As part of our Have A Go Joe series, our reporter becomes a scorpion wrangler for a night after the role was advertised for ...