Although Vasa was designed and built by an experienced Dutch shipbuilder, Henrik Hybertsson, she was larger than any vessel he had previously…
Few today can recall much about the Jacobites, other than Bonnie Prince Charlie, ‘the Young Chevalier’, and his noble defeat at Culloden…
A huge, mountainous, landlocked Central Asian state, Afghanistan has defied invaders for 2,500 years. Jules Stewart takes a look at the country’s…
Patrick Boniface recalls one of the most humiliating defeats in the history of Britain’s Royal Navy. To the people of Chatham the…
You would think that combining two deadly weapons to create a super-weapon would be a smart move for any warmonger. Some combination…
Between 1642 and 1645, London was the heart of a national revolution against absolutism. During the ‘December Days’ in late 1641, the political crisis…
Neil Faulkner rails against the neglect of historic battlefields and a warped view of British history. Visit the battlefield of Evesham and…
How did the Royal Navy deal with pirates in their 17th century heyday?…
British trade routes were plagued by pirates during the 19th century, but where were the most dangerous and densely-populated pirate havens?…
Grenadier companies were first formed in the British Army in 1678, and were not finally abolished until 1855. By the time of…