Medals of 40-victory WW1 British ace go on sale
The medals of a First World War British fighter ace who achieved 40 aerial victories at 20 years old and later dismissed tales of chivalrous...
‘Farewell and go courageously into life!’ — Holocaust letters revealed
In September 1942, a Jewish couple, Maria and Maximilian Wortmann, reused a scrap of paper to write to their daughter from the railway siding...
Six-inch ‘tool’ found at Roman fort was likely erotic aid
An artefact unearthed at Vindolanda fort, just south of Hadrian's Wall, may be the only known surviving example of an ancient Roman wooden dildo,...
Anglo-Saxon treasures unveiled at new Lindisfarne museum
A "stunningly beautiful" glass gaming piece from Anglo-Saxon Northumbria will be among dozens of artefacts displayed for the first time at a new museum...
Regency job ads reveal servants’ skilful pursuit of travel and adventure
The 1825 manual The Complete Servant warned its readers that the pursuit of pleasure would lead inexorably to "loss of place, disgrace, and poverty". Yet the...
