Leading the cast in D-Day drama Pressure, Andrew Scott stars as James Stagg. Among the meteorologists advising Dwight D Eisenhower on whether to launch Operation Overlord, Stagg’s voice is the most ...
Day drama Pressure, Kerry Condon stars as Kay Summersby, US General Dwight D Eisenhower’s aide and driver. In the film she acts both as confidant to the general and a mediator between battling ...
The embodiment of “oversexed, overpaid and over here”, American meteorologist Irving P Krick – certainly as portrayed in D-Day drama Pressure – knows how to command a room. It’s a useful skill but, as ...
On 1 March 1999, Breitling Orbiter 3 – piloted by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones – took off from Châteaux d’Oex in ...
The destruction of Pompeii is one of antiquity’s most famous disasters, but its exact date remains fiercely debated. From ...
One thousand years ago, in 1026, a monk called Guido d’Arezzo caused a musical revolution when he invented the stave, which for the first time offered a means of writing down and sharing music. Ever ...
In this four-part HistoryExtra series, Professor Islam Issa explores the life and times of one of the ancient world's most ...
One of the medieval world’s greatest surviving treasures will go on display in London in September 2026. David Musgrove ...
British museums still hold hundreds of precious Asante treasures looted during 19th century colonial wars. Historian Barnaby ...
Far from living in constant filth, medieval people developed routines, regulations and even public infrastructure to manage ...
Duke William of Normandy, who would become known as William the Conqueror, arguably changed the course of English history more profoundly than any ruler before or since. Despite beginning life as a ...
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