Editor’s picks

Decoding da Vinci ‘s genius

Famed as an artist and an inventor, Leonardo has long been regarded as the original Renaissance man. But what did he really do to deserve the title?

Battle of Hydaspes

Alexander the Great takes on an army of elephants, while trying to cross a river, in the middle of a raging storm, in the dark. What could possibly go wrong?

Elizabeth I’s secret agents

Discover the extreme lengths Sir Francis Walsingham and his band of spies went to protect the Virgin Queen from foreign powers and homegrown plotters.