Paul McCartney already had fantastic singles in The Beatles, but a handful of them have become standards for the entire country rather than a catchy tune.

The Battle of the Somme was launched on 1 July 1916. The main aim of the battle was to relieve the important northern French fortress of Verdun. This had been placed under siege by the German Army ...

When most people think of World War One, they think of trenches and machine guns. However, there was another side to the conflict – the war at sea. In 1916, the Battle of Jutland saw the war’s ...

British soldiers read a map in the trenches of the Western Front during World War One. The trenches were dug out of the mud of the battlefields and lined with wood and barbed wire. Watch this ...