Early comic panel illustration

England

Three coal miners. (Photo by W. Eugene Smith/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

History through the eyes of the working man

Royal Gunpowder Mills, Essex

History heroJo Brand chooses Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–97)

Helmingham Hall, Suffolk

Strangers’ Hall, Norwich

Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire

The Spanish Armada: Tudor spin portrayed the events of August 1588 as a glorious English victory but, argues Robert Hutchinson, bad weather and bad tactics had more to do with the Spanish fleet's failure than Elizabethan derring-do. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Spanish Armada: England's lucky escape

General prehistory

Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire

Visit historic Warwick

Grosvenor Museum, Chester

Polperro Museum, Cornwall

Thomas Cromwell: a thug in a doublet?

Bridgnorth Castle, Shropshire

A noisy history of the world

Richard III discovery

Leicester 'not trusted' with Richard III remains

Gawsworth Hall, Macclesfield

An illustration depicting the battle of Naseby, arguably one of the most significant land battles in British history. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

20 important battles that shaped Britain

The Wallace Collection, Hertford House, London

Winston Churchill, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, gives his 'victory' sign while making a polling day tour of his constituency during an election. (Getty Images)

Are these the most overrated people in history?

Effigy of Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, Canterbury Cathedral, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Canterbury, Kent, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Where history happened: the cult of Thomas Becket

Rydal Mount, Cumbria

Historic Helmsley

Suzannah Lipscomb on the importance of the Tudors

The scandal of female miners in 19th-century Britain

Cowdray, West Sussex

Visit historic Carlisle

Rochester Castle

Shibden Hall, Halifax

Sudley House, Liverpool