Location

View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, 1814

The year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land

Portrait of Mary I of England, from the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Mary I: a highly impressive queen cut off in her prime

Cover of the Voyages Extraordinaires series by the French science fiction writer Jules Verne.

The phantom menace: 10 milestones in science fiction

A Kamikaze pilot scores a direct hit on a US aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean, c1942. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

The reluctant kamikaze of the Second World War

The Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Winchilsea in a duel at Battersea Fields. (Culture Club/Getty Images)

Pistols at dawn: duelling in the Victorian age

A portrait of King Edward VI of England

Who was the real Edward VI?

A reconstructed round house at Flag Fen, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. (Alamy)

History Explorer: Life in the Bronze Age

10 facts about Clifton Suspension Bridge

British statesman and writer Winston Churchill, aged 26. Photograph by Elliott & Fry. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Second World War

Books interview with Boris Johnson: "Churchill was a tremendous bully in some ways, but we needed a bully"

Tudor dining: a guide to food and status in the 16th century

Photo of bees

First World War

Q&AWhat was the Battle of the Bees?

One of the statues of Ramesses II at Luxor temple, which is "a wonderful place to spend a few hours". (Getty)

My favourite place: Luxor, Egypt

A portrait of Charles II, by 17th-century painter John Michael Wright

History explorer: The Restoration

Pliny the Elder depicted in a mid-12th century miniature, writing and giving his book to Roman emperor Vespasian. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)

My history heroPliny the Elder (AD 23–79)

Malcolm X chats with Eric Abrahams – the Oxford Union president who vowed to “fill the room with blacks” – before giving his famous address on 3 December 1964. (Getty)

Malcolm X in Oxford: Black power amid dreaming spires

First World War

In WW1, what did the Allies want to achieve?

Historic San Felipe de Barajas castle is one of the main attractions in Cartagena, Colombia. (Image: Thinkstock by Getty Images)

General prehistory

My favourite place: Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

My favourite place: Miranda Kaufmann

Coughton Court, an English country house

History explorer: The gunpowder plot

An illustration of the Peasants' Revolt

The Peasants’ Revolt: did Richard II side with the rebels?

Picture depicting the Dogger Bank Incident

Q&AWhat was the 'North Sea Outrage'?

American forces advance through the Ardennes forest during the battle of the Bulge. (Photo by George Silk/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

The battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s final gamble

Photo of the Cenotaph in London

First World War

Q&AWhen were the wreaths first laid at the Cenotaph?

Photo of a remembrance poppy

First World War

Q&AWhere do the red poppies come from?

First World War

In focus: the forgotten WW1 Bonus Army

Berlin Wall in November 1989

The story of Germany

A 19th-century illustration depicting the battle of Agincourt.

Books interview with Ranulph Fiennes: "The Hundred Years' War was caused by my ancestor's advice being ignored"

The ruins of 11th-century Corfe Castle in Dorset, England

Which century saw the most change?

Eleanor Roosevelt

My history hero: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962)

Avaldsnes Church, Norway

My favourite place: Avaldsnes, Norway