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Young women working in a textile mill in Bombay (now Mumbai) in 1943

Famine and freedom: how the Second World War ignited India.

Acropolis Museum Athens, combines modern and ancient

ExploreAthens: a city of ancient sites and modern visions.

A day in the life of Jane Austen.

General History

The big questionWhy did the west dominate history for so long?

Roman amphitheatre in Caerleon, Wales. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

History Explorer: The Roman army in Britain.

Martin Luther King (centre) rides the Montgomery bus with Rev Glenn Smiley of Texas. (Getty Images)

The LibraryWhat was history’s most dramatic year?.

Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medalists in the 200-metre run at the 1968 Olympic Games, engage in a victory stand protest against unfair treatment of blacks in the United States. They refuse to recognise the American flag and national anthem. (Getty Images)

The fight for Black America.

Photo of Woody Guthrie c1970. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

My history hero: Woody Guthrie.

Bethlehem. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Bethlehem, West Bank

Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum Tristram Hunt. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

History-loving politicians.

Persuading the people: British propaganda in the Second World War.

The USS Arizona burning in Pearl Harbor following the Japanese attack. To the left of her are USS Tennessee and the sunken USS West Virginia. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

How did the rest of the world react to the attack on Pearl Harbor?.

Canterbury pilgrims from John of Lydgate’s ‘Story of Thebes’ written c1420. (Photo by Photo 12/UIG via Getty Images)

The LibraryA city break in medieval Europe.

Statue of Toussaint Louverture, Palais National, Haiti. (Photo by Getty Images)

My history hero: Toussaint Louverture (1743–1803).

Jubilant miners display a large gold nugget during the Klondike Gold Rush, c1897. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The LibraryThe deadly gold rush.

Bridge Cottage, Wirral. (Photo by Corbis Documentary/Getty Images)

History explorer: the arts and crafts movement.

Through foreign eyes: the forgotten ambassadors to the Tudor court.

BBC History Magazine

My favourite place: Bethlehem

Peter Snow’s six most important documents in history.

Photograph of Vladimir Lenin, 1901. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

First World War

Books interview with Catherine Merridale: "This was the most important railway journey made in the 20th century"

Portrait of Charlotte Brontë. (Photo by De Agostini Picture Library/Getty Images)

My history hero: Charlotte Brontë (1816-55).

Leopold II statue. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: the Belgian coast

Donald Trump’s unsurprising victory.

Donald Trump elected president: the historians’ verdict.

America's devious dream: Roosevelt and the Panama Canal.

Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow

“I’ve been close to death nine times”: John Simpson on life as a foreign correspondent.

The secrets of 6 of Britain’s most famous castles – with Dan Jones

Roman silver denarius coins AD 72 till 200 and were offered up at the beginning of the 4th century AD, from the Nydan Bog archaeological site. (Photo by Clare Rowan)

From bes to Bitcoin: alternative currencies in the ancient Roman world.

The end game: Britain’s role in Afghanistan 1947–50.