While they are impossible to measure, emotions such as liking or hatred, admiration or contempt—the quotidian stuff of human ...

While they are impossible to measure, emotions such as liking or hatred, admiration or contempt—the quotidian stuff of human relations—play a crucial part in making and unmaking alliances. Personal ...

The 19th-century power struggle between the Sikhs, the British, and the Afghans shaped the political landscape of the time. Sikh ruler Ranjit Singh was in Kabul during a victory parade where the flag ...

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's astonishing return to power in France from exile on Elba in 1815 and how that galvanised the Allies into facing him at Waterloo ...

Discover the 5 most powerful navies in history. From ancient fleets to modern superpowers - naval dominance that shaped world empires and wars.

Marie Antoinette—played by Kirsten Dunst in Sofia Coppola's stunning new film—used her distinctive personal style to defy the rigid etiquette and scheming courtiers of Versailles. Kennedy Fraser looks ...

The Founders of the American Republic understood the dangers of factionalism, but they also acknowledged, at least by deed if not in word, that parties could play a positive role in the governance of ...

Napoleon is relatively unusual in western history for aligning himself with the brutal Hannibal – not Hannibal’s Roman enemy, ...

In 1788, while heading out to the whaling ground, it was wrecked in bad weather. All 56 crew members survived.

The remnants of Britain’s once mighty empire still give the mother country more than a few headaches. Britain, which once ...

What does passage of the GENIUS Act mean for the cryptocurrency sector? Seeking Alpha analysts weigh in. Read more here.