‘Legion’ derives from the Latin legio, which itself comes from the verb legere, meaning ‘to choose’ or ‘to levy’.…
It may look like a scene from a movie shoot – Germany’s answer to The Dam Busters, perhaps – but this strikingly modern photograph from…
Neat ‘tache… who was he? Once called ‘the most powerful man in Germany’, Erich Ludendorff was a prominent general in the German Army…
In photography, timing is all – and there is no better example of the dictum than this gem of a snapshot capturing a surprising moment…
Symphony No.7 became a national symbol of resistance to the German invasion, and the Soviets were eager to export it to the…
Look at that bling – who was he? Hailed by historians as ‘a second Alexander’ and ‘the Napoleon of the East’, Nader Shah was…
How do you deal with someone suffering from mental illness if you do not believe that such a condition exists? If you feel that it is…
A remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has surveyed the wreck of HMS Hampshire, sunk on 5 June 1916. The Devonshire-class armoured cruiser, which played a minor role in…
Mustafa Kemal was a Turkish nationalist leader and military commander. He founded the Republic of Turkey and was the country’s first president.…
In the first half of the 20th century, Ralph Vaughan Williams was seen as the ‘grand man’ of English classical music.…