Author Simon Fower discusses tens of thousands of men and women who performed heroic acts on the Home Front during the Second World War.

The Kaiser’s praise for Lord Curzon, and his desire to have some kind of control over India, was known to Britain and they ...

Pirates and the loot they plundered have long fascinated us. Stories like "Treasure Island" and movies like "Pirates of the ...

The French imperial enterprise in India was off to an unpromising start. Small wonder it took over half a century to ...

The bestselling author on accusations that he is ‘poisoning’ young minds – and why he’s swapping children’s books for a life ...

Reporting from around the world, investigative journalist Karen Hao reveals how one company’s vision of the future is ...

The Great Indian Novel (1989) brought Shashi Tharoor into the literary spotlight in the late 80s. A work of fiction, it ...

Bibliotherapy helps externalize what has long been internalized. It allows readers to break cycles of silence and restore a ...

The Reckoning, Phil Craig presents a powerful and nuanced account of the climactic final year of World War II, focusing not ...

Shah Shuja’s tyranny and the Afghans’ displeasure at having foreign invaders and a puppet ruler being installed, rebelled incessantly and by 1843, any British they could find in their territories was ...

The British Empire was the largest empire in history. At its height in 1922, it covered around a quarter of Earth's land ...

Rajasthan Governor Haribhau Bagade has raised doubts about the marriage of Rajput princess Jodha Bai to Mughal Emperor Akbar.