History

Some 20,0000 dogs served alongside British troops in the First World War. A century on, their sacrifice is being remembered by Battersea Dogs Home

In this exclusive extract from her new biography of Margot Asquith, Anne de Courcy charts the socialite's engagement to the former prime minister, the wedding of the century - and his eventual betrayal

In the BBC's coverage of the WW1, Gillian Reynolds found some remarkable voices

Margot Asquith was surrounded by rumours and myths, all of which fuelled her biographer Anne de Courcy’s fascination with her, she tells Peter Stanford

Victims of the plague were buried in hundreds of plague pits scattered across the city and surrounding countryside

In pics: Art installation turns Tower of London moat red for WWI anniversary

Dylan Thomas’s granddaughter, Hannah Ellis, tells Angela Neustatter how she is marking the poet’s centenary

Time is running out to see the ceramic poppies at the Tower of London. Here's how to dodge the crowds and get the best view

Hildebrand Gurlitt, a Nazi-approved art dealer, smuggled works out of sight of the Fuhrer

Divers specially trained in Florida's deep underwater caves have discovered cargo from ancient Greek shipwrecks in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Italy

The supermarket chain accepts it was “exceptionally inappropriate” for a manager to tell a veteran he should wrap up warmer if he was cold

In pictures: as a new book claims to have solved the mystery of Lord Lucan's disappearance, here are six of the most baffling mysteries of our time

Benito Mussolini's secret World War II bunker, which was hidden under his villa in Rome, is now open to the public - have look inside it here

This revealing documentary destroyed the mystery and excitement of King Tut, says Rupert Hawksley

A group of villagers set about repairing their local war memorial to make sure the dead would not be forgotten 100 years on

Join us in commemorating the men and women who fought in the First World War with a unique readers' community

The Telegraph's former obituary editor explains the appeal of reading about the deceased and gives a glimpse of what life is like in the newspaper office

Eric Roberts, the "genius" MI5 agent who infiltrated the ranks of British Nazi sympathisers, was a career spy who quietly moved to Canada after the war, the Telegraph reveals

Anti-Garotting cravats, artificial leeches and other lunatic creations