Welcome to the newly relaunched History Hit YouTube channel! For our first video we’ve recreated the Battle of Hastings using ...

New research challenges the long-standing image of King Harold racing across England before the Battle of Hastings. New ...

New research has claimed one of the most famous tales in English history involving the Battle of Hastings did not happen.

In a new book, the historian Mark Peterson argues that our founding document is rooted in ideals of expansion and conquest ...

Sussex has so much to do, from zoos to seaside piers, but there are a few places you need to visit to call yourself a true ...

Carted across seas and along perilous wartime trails, dodging Calvinist mobs, rebels and Nazis, the embroidery has a rich story. Its next chapter will be written in London ...

The Reform leader heads to a traditionally Tory corner of the country tonight with a message that Giles Sheldrick says will ...

The Observer described last week how plans for a ‘greener, safer and more welcoming’ Hastings town centre have been finalised ...

New research from the University of East Anglia (UEA) reveals that King Harold's legendary 200-mile march to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 never happened. Instead, the journey was made largely by sea ...

King Harold’s legendary 200-mile march across England to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 is a “myth” that likely never happened, according to research published on Saturday. In arguably the most famous ...

Harold may have sailed, not marched, in 1066, reshaping explanations for his defeat in England’s historic battle The Guardian’s journalism is independent. We will earn a commission if you buy ...

It's time to rewrite the history textbooks – as a new study reveals that the biggest march in English history is a myth. King Harold's legendary 200–mile march to the Battle of Hastings in 1066 never ...