On Oct. 25, 1854, during the Battle of Balaclava, the British army suffered staggering losses that were quickly etched in history — and myth. School children who have never heard of the Crimean War ...

At the Battle of Balaclava in 1854, the Charge of the Light Brigade became one of the most famous — and tragic — cavalry charges in history. In this video, we recount how a miscommunication sent ...

A veteran of the charge, Trumpeter Martin Leonard Landfried, from the 17th Lancers made a recording on an Edison cylinder which we use in this film of him playing the same trumpet that he used on that ...

Brock University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Brock University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Middle East tensions. Russian soldiers in Crimea. Western ...

This is the fifteenth in a series about a journey, by train and bicycle, across Russia to Crimea shortly before the war began. Finally my Sevastopol taxi driver got his wish, which was to drive me ...

The progressive left has run headlong into a disaster of their own making, a disaster that could well portend their political demise. This is a disaster of failed leadership, failed communication and ...

Warner has turned out a magnificent production in this story [by Michael Jacoby] based on Tennyson's immortal poem and historical facts. Foreword explains that history was consulted for background, ...

IT MAY actually be true that men and societies reveal themselves most clearly in time of war. The murderers of Lidice would have been hard to detect in the streets of pre-1939 Berlin. Our own ...

"Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volleyed and Thundered," as gallant Errol Flynn led the revengeful six hundred forward against Indja's infamous Surat Khan, ...

Thanks mainly to Lord Tennyson's piece of durable doggerel millions of people have at least a sketchy idea of the historical incident, though director Tony Richardson's treatment is almost ...

Xpress' 6th grade reviewer offers her thoughts on Pixar's latest gem. The problem with the film was pretty simple and fundamental: Nobody wanted to see it. As a general rule, that’s bad news for a ...