Dr Rob Blackmore

Dr Robert Blackmore is a historian of the Middle Ages and a fact-checker for BBC History Magazine

A painting of a ship with several white sails and flags on it. In front of the ship, there are large crowds of people in small boats

Not 1066 again! Should we ditch our obsession with dates?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Lear

QuizHistorical misconceptions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Did Israelite slaves build the pyramids, as shown in this copper engraving of 1630? Historians have shown that slave labour of this kind did not really exist in Egypt (Photo by akg-images)

Fact checking history: why dates, terminology and clarity matter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.