Ben Macintyre

Discovery of a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal root canal is further proof of the species’ surprisingly sophisticated lives

When societies decide they want women to have more babies, the incentives can be well-meaning or downright cruel

His role as the UK’s spymaster was deadly serious, but whenever we met he would tease me for divulging secrets about a Russian double agent

Plight of a Nepalese cook is a reminder of the divide between climbers and the locals who get them to the summit

Uncertainty about the epic’s authorship — one man, a collective or a lyrical housewife — echoes down the centuries

Britain’s secret service still inspires admiration as well as suspicion — it even scooped the ‘Eurovision Spy Contest’

Climate change has led to all sorts of important relics re-emerging from rivers and receding ice, but it’s destroying others

In the 1930s the rich and famous flocked to the resort in their yachts, all competing to hook a monstrous bluefin tuna

A humble oceanographer made the crucial calculations that let warships dodge Hitler’s defences to reach Normandy

Ben Macintyre’s new book reveals the role of ‘Redwood’ in thwarting a Cold War coup and changing the course of history. Its effects are still felt today