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Opulent headquarters East India House in London, 1850. From inside this grand building, the East India Company directors oversaw the governance of India and its associated territories (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

1838: A year in the life of the British empire

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How Machiavellian was Machiavelli?

Scientists monitor control panels aboard HMS Campania during the countdown to the test of the first British atomic bomb in the Montebello Islands off north-west Australia on 3 October 1952. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

Britain’s nuclear past: the fallout from the High Explosive Research programme

A portrait of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare: a guide to the life of England’s greatest playwright

The 30th Annual Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1958. (Ralph Crane/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

13 remarkable moments in the history of the Oscars

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The battle of Waterloo: 10 key questions answered

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Bloodied feet, outrageous breasts and the sinister power of a hair cut: a history of the body

The Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II reaches an accord with the Muslim sultan al-Kamil in 1229 that saw Jerusalem handed to the crusaders. This is just one instance of cooperation between east and west in the era (though the two men never actually met in person). (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Muslim-Crusader interactions: a clash of civilisations?

Peter O’Toole (top) plays Henry II alongside Richard Burton

“Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?” The truth behind Henry II’s notorious lament

Four knights hack Thomas Becket to death

Europe’s greatest martyr: how Thomas Becket rose from the dead

Two garden gnomes on grass

A brief history of garden gnomes

Wood engraving from The Graphic magazine features an illustration of a young man running with the ball during a football match on a grassy field, late 19th century. (Photo by Stock Montage/Getty Images)

5 facts about the history of football

The road to equality Protesters march in New York City, 1976. The gay rights movement in the US is one of LGBTQ history’s most famous stories. (Photo by Granger/Shutterstock)

What are the challenges of telling LGBTQ history?

Babies from a nursery are walked in a pram, c1953

A nation in numbers: 100 years of British life in 7 statistics

Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, back to back

‘Two steps behind’: male royal consorts through history