True movie-set war stories from Paul Biddiss, the British Army soldier who's lent his expertise to Gladiator II, Mission: ...

The city centre is medieval, walled in 1330 and given city rights in 1347 ... and a towering church. The city was occupied by ...

This year saw plenty of excellent books, as usual, on the 20th century – but the real gems were revelatory examinations of ...

The Sinfonietta DuPage hosts its first concert of the season featuring Timothy Archbold on cello in Luigi Boccherini’s ...

Once one of the world’s most dangerous border crossings, Berlin's symbol of death and division has been turned into a ...

The Swiss city of Lucerne is a perfect European city break and a popular route for family vacations. There are a lot of fun ...

The colors on the German flag are reminiscent of the medieval banner of the Holy Roman Empire. The banner had a two-headed black eagle with red claws and beak on a golden field. The three colors can ...

Archaeologists thought they had found one grave, but excavation efforts turned up a treasure trove of ancient tools and coins ...

I’ve researched the rare moments of intimacy during war, when enemies see the humanity in each other and forge unlikely ...

Britain hired close to 30,000 German soldiers, many from the principality of Hesse-Cassel, to augment its forces in America. Infantry troops and elite fusilier units participated in almost every ...

Maximus Decimus Meridius, eat your heart out. 10 years ago, Paul Biddis was an extra. Now he is a military consultant on every big project you can think of: Gladiator 2, House of the Dragon, Rings of ...