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Silhouette of a ghost in an old property.

Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesThe ghost of Elizabeth Dacre

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Natalie Haynes and Phryne

My history heroNatalie Haynes chooses Phryne

A woman holding a baby.

Life hacks from historyHow to raise a child

An 1891 rugby match between England and Scotland

When was the first international rugby match, and who played in it?

Howard with his dad in front of a blue plaque.

My life in historyBlue plaques historian at English Heritage

Half-sisters and daughters of Henry VIII: Mary Tudor (left) and Elizabeth I, who both reigned as queen of England. (Photos by Getty Images)

Sisters at war: Mary I and Elizabeth I

Death on the canal: inside a Victorian crimewave

The race across the Atlantic

Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi is held aloft by his team after clinching a division title in 1960.

A brief history of American football and the Super Bowl

Detail of a snowball fight in a medieval fresco (c1400) from a series of frescos depicting the Cycle of the Months in the Torre dell'Aquila (Eagle Tower) in Buonconsiglio Castle, Trento, Italy. (Image by Alamy)

The winter storms that rocked medieval Europe

George C Wolfe and Bayard Rustin

My history heroGeorge C Wolfe chooses Bayard Rustin

French Resistance fighters sabotaging the Marseille-Paris railway in Romanèche (Saône-et-Loire), on August 30, 1944.

The French resistance during the Second World War

Alexander the Great is shown founding Alexandria in an 18th-century painting.

Alexandria: the ancient world's greatest city

Henry Kissinger

“Whatever you want to say about Kissinger, he had consequence”: the life and legacy of the American diplomat

Spooky figure at the top of a staircase.

Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesThe haunting behind The Conjuring 2

A member of staff at a food bank

What centuries of cost-of-living crises can reveal

Cultural historian Christopher Harding

Christopher Harding“Europeans have been obsessed with the east’s spiritual depths since Alexander the Great”

An illustration of a crow chasing a silhouette of a man running away in the distance

The supernatural signs that unmasked murderers in early modern England

Portrait of Scottish poet Robert Burns

Robert Burns: 7 facts about the life and work of Scotland's national bard

Woman sleeping in night mask lying on bed.

Life hacks from historyGet a good night’s sleep

Men using a cannon

My life in historyArtillery gun captain in the Sealed Knot

My history heroEd Davey chooses Æthelstan

An ink drawing of a London 'rag fair' where old clothes and textiles were traded, c1800

Regency inequality: the gap between rich and poor in Georgian Britain

A portrait and a cartoon of George III

The two sides of George IV: is his wretched reputation deserved?

A photo of a giant tortoise, with branches in the background.

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9 extinct animals you should know about

A photo of Mary Beard, smiling and looking towards the camera, standing between open gates.

Reviving Roman voices: Mary Beard on the remarkable life of one woman

Shelley Tobin

My life in historyCostume curator for the National Trust

Still shows Iain De Caestecker as Arthur Pendragon in The Winter King

How The Winter King brings Arthurian Britain to life

A painting of a partially clothed man (wearing shorts, and an open shirt) reclining on a bed.

The new radicals: how the Bloomsbury Group transformed British culture