The BAFTA-winning historian and broadcaster serves as an executive producer and historical advisor on the new drama.

Yes, Hezekiah Moscow was a real person. Although the character we see in A Thousand Blows is simply inspired by the real-life ...

Sam Cullen’s new book, London’s Lost Pubs (£20, Pen and Sword), delves into the histories of over 200 vanished pubs, using online reviews and pub guides dating back to the 1920s to resurrect these ...

Steven Knight is the creative genius responsible for hit television shows Peaky Blinders, SAS: Rogue Heroes and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (among many others), so it comes as something of a ...

Every major city in the world brims with rich history, storied landmarks and vibrant culture—but there’s nothing quite like ...

Researchers have found dozens of human bones on the banks of the iconic river, many of them thousands of years old.

Lawmakers who support DOGE should draw lessons from the 1880s, when congressional investigations ... the most basic legal document—the land tract books—had not been recorded in any way since ...

Hugh Cecil Lowther was a real English peer and sportsman during the period around which A Thousand Blows is set. He’s the ...

There are 14 debut finalists all celebrated for the first time, including Bàrd Books (London), which only opened its doors in July 2024, and two children’s specialists shops, Tales for Tadpoles ...

By Marjoleine Kars A new book by the journalist Katherine Stewart finds a far-right movement seething in resentment, suspicious of reason and determined to dominate at all costs. Paul Fussell’s ...