Where history happened

In 1605 a small group of disaffected Catholics came within a whisker of blowing the king and parliament to smithereens. We visit nine places associated with this bloody scheme

Charlotte Hodgman speaks to Dr Tara Hamling about nine places linked with the evolution of Elizabethan drama during the 16th century

In the first of two features on the Wars of the Three Kingdoms – of which the English Civil Wars were a part – Charlotte Hodgman talks to Professor John Morrill about eight places associated with the battles that took place across England, Scotland and Ireland from 1638–51

With the BBC’s new series Ancient Britain airing this month, David Musgrove talks to Richard Bradley about when and why henges and stone circles were built across Britain. You can hear more about this topic on this month's podcast.