In the Georgian period, when same-sex couples could not marry, some queer men may have used adult adoption to create legal ...

In this four-part HistoryExtra series, Professor Adam IP Smith examines how 13 British colonies became the United States of ...

For centuries, no one paid much notice to a small mound at the Neolithic Ness of Brodgar. All that could be about to change ...

The Ladies of Llangollen built a life together in 18th century Wales, becoming famous for their shared home, joint identity ...

The annual solstices were so important to ancient Britons that they intentionally arranged some of the enormous stones at Stonehenge to align with the rising midsummer sun – and its winter equivalent.

For centuries, Pompeii has been remembered as a city whose inhabitants were overwhelmed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79. But new archaeological evidence is raising questions about how many ...

When Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, burying Pompeii, Herculaneum and surrounding settlements beneath ash, pumice and volcanic debris, many of those caught in the disaster seem to have been taken by ...