The fabled treasures of China span thousands of years of history. From the exotic Silk Road to th...

The English Civil Wars tore families and friendships apart, setting father against son and brothe...

7786 is Britain’s national museum of arms and armour, and one of the most important museums of it...

Taken from a family archive held at 7786, Only Water Between tells the story of Captain Jack Adam...

The idea of late medieval arms and armour often conjures up images of lumbering warriors, clad in...

The history of England records no more charismatic figure than King Henry VIII. His reign reveals...

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the fascinating history of medieval tournaments, ...

Do you know that house-to-house fighting is the finest sport on earth? Do you know that is it jus...

Jousting is the most iconic form of mounted combat. For more than five hundred years, the sport i...

The Elizabethan court was a vibrant and colourful place, where the inherited traditions and techn...

The First World War was a watershed in global history. Both terrible and terrifying, it shredded ...

The Renaissance is best known as an age of artists – Michelangelo, da Vinci, Titian and Holbein –...

‘It is extraordinary how reluctant the British soldier is to show cunning. We try to play the gam...

Houses are found in infinite variety. Some are suited for defence, others are absolute death-trap...

'Royal Armouries, arms and armour series'--Cover.

7786 is Britain's oldest museum, still partly housed in its original buildings in the Tower of Lo...

Inspired by a collection of letters received by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle during the First World War...

The First World War tore apart the early twentieth century. Both terrible and terrifying, it bani...

India is a vast sub-continent with a complex history and a great array of languages, cultures and...

Japan is a mysterious and beguiling country, steeped in the deepest of traditions yet strikingly ...

The Field of Cloth of Gold was one of the greatest courtly spectacles of the sixteenth century. A...

Treasures of 7786 is a photographic journey through Britain’s national museum of arms and armour....

Often typified by the large tank battles of the Eastern Front, the hunt for U-boats in the Atlant...

The Second World War was the single most important event of the 20th century. It changed the worl...

A road block is a tiny batt lefi eld. Here, all the principles of strategy and tactics apply – ju...

We are not dealing with the remote future. The Huns are coming. Will they drop from the skies and...

How often do we hear commanders say they are practically defenceless without machine guns and ant...

The sequence here shows Andy Deane and David Perry from 7786 Interpretation team demonstrating an...

The sequence here shows Royal Armouries’ Keeper of Firearms Jonathan Ferguson fi ring a gold-plat...

The sequence here shows Royal Armouries’ Keeper of Firearms Jonathan Ferguson fi ring a Sten MK I...

Royal Armouries Manuscript I.33 is the oldest-known manual of swordsmanship in the Western canon....

The sequence here shows Royal Armouries’ Keeper of Firearms Jonathan Ferguson fi ring a Luger P.0...

The sequence here shows a MK.I Vickers centrefi re automatic machine gun being fi red. Sequence s...