Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss Napoleon Bonaparte's astonishing return to power in France from exile on Elba in 1815 and how ...

Napoleon’s 1812 invasion of Russia was a disastrous saga of brutal battles, blistering heat, and bitter cold that ultimately shattered his empire. From reports of cannibalism to walls built out of ...

Vanessa Kirby is currently garnering a lot of attention for her upcoming stint in The Fantastic Four: First Steps, but did you know she almost lost her role in The Crown?

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Henry Kissinger was a once-in-a-generation diplomat who worked with President Nixon to change the course of history. His observations about Napoleon and Bismarck were not only brilliant but also a ...

The remote Pacific islands making up the nation of Palau offer that modern rarity of genuinely unspoilt nature, says Rory ...

For much of the modern era, the Middle East has occupied centre stage in global geopolitics, owing to its strategic geography ...

In an increasingly volatile geopolitical landscape, Sri Lanka, strategically positioned at the nexus of vital Indian Ocean ...