Belisarius is the much underrated military commander of the Byzantine Empire who helped reclaim huge swathes of the Roman ...

It’s hard to say if Daisy Hernández has the best timing in the world or the worst. She thought about the question one morning, in her office at Northwestern University, where she is. It was a few ...

Editors’ note: The following passage is excerpted from Book III of the Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, translated by Aaron Poochigian, published this month by Liveright.

The 80th anniversary of Auschwitz's liberation is marked by Holocaust Memorial Day on Monday, January 27 this year. It's a ...

The problem visitors to Paris have is that there is just too much to do, from its world-class museums to utterly staggering art galleries. Here is Telegraph destination expert Hannah Meltzer’s guide ...

The Trump administration has moved to aggressively investigate and curb protests against immigration enforcement in Minnesota. Anger flared in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area this month after Jonathan ...

Bombay Duck is a rigorously researched, delightfully anecdotal history of food in Bombay/Mumbai that is as colourful and cosmopolitan as the city itself.

Today in History for Jan. 25: ...

On January 24, 1848, gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in the foothills of what is now Northern California, setting off a ...

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A ‘Secrets of the Dead’ installment considers the possibility of female gladiators in the ancient empire.

Foreign women linked to the Islamic State group in a Syrian camp are hoping for amnesty after a government offensive weakened the Kurdish-led forces guarding them.