In this guest article, historian Tony McMahon explores the numerous theories that the Holy Grail was brought to Britain, ideas he also investigated with Professor Alice Roberts in the Sky HISTORY ...

From The World at War to Band of Brothers, explore the greatest WWII TV shows ever made ahead of the new Tom Hanks series.

In 122 AD, Roman emperor Hadrian ordered the building of a wall to mark his empire’s British frontier. How long did it take ...

What do you know about the medieval tussle between the English royal houses of Lancaster and York? Here are some obscure ...

Heron of Alexandria is said to have invented the first vending machine in the 1st century AD. So, how did this contraption work, and what did it dispense?

Sky HISTORY’s Great British Castle Rescue follows efforts to repair the long-overlooked castles of Fyvie, Gwyrch and Lowther. How did they fall into ruin?

Gargoyles are among the most distinctive features of castles. As Sky HISTORY’s Great British Castle Rescue airs, we ask what ...

Uncover the Nazi treasure hoard hidden deep in a German mine, and what the Allies did with it after Merkers was uncovered in 1945.

As Sky HISTORY’s Great British Castle Rescue lands, we look at the 11th-century Caernarfon Castle, where Charles III was invested as Prince of Wales.

Just who were the Jacobites, and how did they threaten the power structure of Britain during the 17th and 18th Centuries? Answering this question means delving into a turbulent age of rival royal ...

Every year on February 14, the world marks Valentine’s Day. Millions send messages and gifts of love to the people most important in their lives. You’d be forgiven for thinking the fourteenth has its ...

When the Berwyn Mountain UFO was spotted in 1974, it got local villagers talking – but could an alien spacecraft really have ...