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Portrait of a bearded man with glasses, set against a background of mysterious handwritten script.

Are the secrets of the Middle Ages' most mysterious manuscript hiding in plain sight?

Painting of King Henry VIII on horseback in ornate clothing surrounded by attendants and soldiers.

Was this the moment Henry VIII became a tyrant?

Medieval illustration of a farmer harvesting carrots with a hoe in a garden.

“Check your husband’s dunghill” – here’s why medieval society was obsessed with poo

A military pilot seated inside an aircraft with a Nato emblem overlaid across the image.

Nato is in crisis. Can history predict what happens next?

Black-and-white portrait of a Vladimir Lenin.

Why does Putin blame this infamous Russian revolutionary for Ukraine’s independence?

Illustration of the last Anglo-Saxon king, Harold Godwinson, crowned and holding a scepter and orb, with scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry in the background.

One of medieval history’s biggest mysteries has just been solved – and it rewrites 1066

A composite image showing Iron Age stone work against a green landscape.

For decades, this prehistoric grave was a mystery. Have its dark secrets now been revealed?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I in an ornate gown with elaborate headdress, ruffled collar, and symbolic decorations.

What did Elizabeth I really think about Anne Boleyn? These secret symbols might unlock the truth

Winston Churchill wearing round glasses and a bow tie reads from a document during a speech.

Winston Churchill created the special relationship. Could Donald Trump kill it?

Ancient Roman mosaic depicting three theatrical masks with open mouths and stylized hair.

The ancient Romans knew the power of entertainment as propaganda – here's the proof

Composite image showing a medieval cesspit excavation alongside historic coins found within the deposit.

From health to wealth, here are the strange secrets medieval toilets reveal about life in the Middle Ages

Portrait of French military officer Charles de Gaulle in uniform wearing a decorated kepi hat against a teal background.

Second World War

Meet the embattled French WW2 leader who withstood the Nazis – and Winston Churchill

Classical Greco-Roman-style statue lifting a modern dumbbell against a coloruful sky background.

Is this the best routine to boost your health? Yes, according to an ancient Roman intellectual

Medieval miniature illustration showing people looking from windows of neighboring houses while a man squats in a courtyard below.

Were medieval toilets as filthy as you think?

Were the Victorians the luckiest people in history?

Statue of Queen Victoria with a humorous added cartoon smile and speech bubble reading “We are amused.”

Think the Victorians were prudes? Their filthiest jokes will shock you

Illustration of Hannibal leading soldiers and war elephants across snowy Alpine mountains during his campaign against Rome.

General ancient history

Have archaeologists just found proof of ancient Carthage's legendary anti-Roman war weapon?

Composite image featuring a portrait of Winston Churchill over scenes of the Nuremberg Trials and soldiers carrying out wartime executions.

Second World War

Before the Nuremberg Trials, this was Winston Churchill’s shocking plan for Nazi war criminals

A section of the Bayeux Tapestry showing several mounted Norman figures riding left across the scene. The men wear simple tunics and carry spears; their horses are stylised with patterned manes. On the right, a nobleman holds a falcon on his gloved hand, indicating a falconry scene. Decorative animals and small trees fill the border, and a line of Latin text runs above the figures.

Is the Bayeux Tapestry in "mortal danger"? I think that's the wrong question to ask

Roman mosaic showing two children in tunics, one running and the other holding a small animal, set against a blue patterned background.

This ordinary ancient Roman object is still used today – and has hardly changed

Composite image showing a portrait of a Nazi leader overlaid with handwritten documents and a concentration camp entrance with railway tracks.

How Nazi investigators used secret tools to create Hitler’s Holocaust ‘hitlist’. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient Greek sculpture showing a seated healer examining a youth, with another figure holding a staff wrapped by a snake.

General ancient history

The ancient Greeks had six essential tips for health. How many do you do?

A composite image of Henry VIII against a backdrop of mysterious illustrations.

The Tudor law that forced an occult practice underground for centuries

An Inuit hunter pursues a walrus from a skin-covered kayak in a historical illustration. Lightweight, seal-skin watercraft like these were a foundation of Arctic life, enabling hunters to travel, hunt and survive across some of the most dangerous waters on the planet.

4,500 years ago, Arctic Greenland's Paleo-Inuit made terrifying ocean voyages. Why did they risk it?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Roman statue against a red background

From secret cults to Christianity, how did ancient Roman religion change so dramatically?

A U-boat at sea during the Second World War

Second World War

Step inside Hitler's U-boats to witness the nightmarish reality of life on board

A composite image of US President Franklin D Roosevelt in front of the US and Latin American national flags.

Second World War

In the aftermath of WW2, why did FDR’s Latin American experiment end in abject failure?

Woman stood in front of a table of food

The simple secret that kept the ordinary Tudor diet surprisingly healthy

A composite of three WW2 tanks

Second World War

Quality or quantity? With WW2 tanks, there was a surprising winner

A statue of Roman emperor Domitian with the sun rising behind him.

Meet the “grossly underappreciated” Roman emperor who became the enemy of the ancient world