David Thorpe

How Britain’s daring commandoes brought down Hitler’s empire

“Britain’s gone booze mad!” the tabloids cry, but the truth is we&rsquo...

The last of the Stuarts is hardly England’s most famous or successful Queen, but sh...

A high altitude enigma which might one day see the history of Earth’s highest mount...

Robin Hood - The Truth Behind England's Greatest Legend

From the land of the pharaohs to reigning monarchs, who came out on top?

It was the ultimate heavyweight contest – Rome’s two greatest leaders in a bl...

It was perhaps the biggest scandal in British political history, leading to jail sentence...

The discovery of the Pharaoh's tomb by Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon in 1922 proved vi...

His lawless days only lasted four years, but he is still remembered as perhaps the most n...

He became the most powerful man in the world, used the resources of the mighty Roman Empi...

Medieval London descended into anarchy when an army of angry citizens rose up against the...

The Parliamentatrian's crushing defeat of Charles II's army at Worcester finally brought ...

“In a very real sense, it will not be one man going to the moon, it will be an enti...

Buzz Aldrin was a brilliant engineer and a brave astronaut, but he struggled to cope with...

Atahualpa’s downfall is a tale of greed, violence and God, with devastating consequ...

Leading his army on a perilous trek from Spain to Italy, the great general scored a serie...

We look at the real characters and tragic events that inspired Steven Spielberg to create...

A clash of egos, armies and honour sees medieval England and France engage in bitter comb...

Patty Hearst falls for her kidnappers and joins them in a daring bank robbery, but how de...

From the churning waves of the Paci?c in the west to the blue lagoons of the Caribbean i...

Cinema was born in the French capital when Auguste and LouisLumiere screened their first ...

A transcontinental adventure on America's oldest railway

With the Olympics around the corner, Jane Shrimpton explains how photographs of our ances...

Phil Tomaselli explains how visiting First World War Battlefields can provide a fascinati...

As details of female prisoners go online, Angela Buckley looks at the reality for lawless...

Gill Blanchard shares her tips on building a story that can be shared

With a wide range of road bikes available,from flat bar to drop bar and from aluminium to...

Here's a guide ot the basic riding wardrobe, tools and accessories you need to keep smoot...

Upgrading to clipless pedals can make a huge difference to your riding, but before you se...

Comfortable cycling starts with a bike that puts you in the right position. We talk to le...

Going Up? We talk hill climbing training and technique with four national champions.

Many users don’t realise they have a host of undiscovered additional functions at t...

Varying your fitness training will improve your performance and give you many other benef...

Using your heart rate monitor isn't rocket science, it's just a case of getting yourself ...

Nic Lamparelli works for a leading US investment bank in London. Starting at the bottom...

The University should have been delighted when an influential courtier decides to found ...

In 1358, over a century after its foundation in Cambridge, the college of Michaelhouse i...

The twenty-fourth chronicle of Matthew Bartholomew. In 1360 Edward III issues a call to ...

Shortlisted for the Author's Club First Novel Award'Remarkable and redemptive . . . like...

Cambridge 1354. Christmas approaches and the town is gripped by the worst blizzards in ...

For the twentieth anniversary of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere reissued the boo...

Matthew Bartholomew, doctor of medicine and fellow of Michaelhouse, Cambridge, is travel...

*FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF CALLING MAJOR TOM*'I loved it. Nostalgic...

The first in a series of action-packed novellas set in Ancient Rome introducing Pavo, a ...

The second novella in Simon Scarrow's Roman Arena series, following novice gladiator Pav...

The fifth and final instalment in Simon Scarrow's electrifying ARENA series sees gladiat...

The third novella in Simon Scarrow's Roman Arena series sees gladiator Pavo and mentor M...

The opening day of the Games in Rome is a time for celebration in honour of the new Empe...

1963. The year the Beatles first top the charts. The year Martin Luther King has a dre...