Following on from last month’s column, here of south-east England: a series of fortifications on both sides of the English ...

The big day is almost here! There's just a few days to go until the annual chocolate-eating fest...and while you’ve probably ...

Welcome to the newly relaunched History Hit YouTube channel! For our first video we’ve recreated the Battle of Hastings using ...

New research challenges the long-standing image of King Harold racing across England before the Battle of Hastings. New ...

New research challenges the long-standing account of King Harold II Godwinson’s dash south before the Battle of Hastings. It recasts the English monarch not as an exhausted commander driving his ...

The Reform leader heads to a traditionally Tory corner of the country tonight with a message that Giles Sheldrick says will ...

In fact, so rife was slavery that it formed part of a three-tiered Viking society. At the top there was the chieftain, or ...

Once known as the "dark" ages, in reality it's a time of glittering art and extraordinary cultural fusions. This alternative history of the British Isles, told through art, brings together encounters ...

In 1066, England was invaded by multiple foreign powers. A northern force led by King Harald Hardrada of Norway advanced on ...

The tragic tale of Harold, the king who lost England to William the Conqueror in an infamous battle, still looms large in ...

King Harold's legendary 200-mile march across England to confront the invading William the Conqueror at the famous Battle of ...