North America

Pearl HarborEpisode 5.

John Duval Gluck, Jr, 'the Santa Claus man', pictured left, visiting the General Post Office to promote the Santa Claus Association’s benefit show

The con man who saved Christmas.

The first controlled, powered and sustained human flight on 17 December 1903 by the Wright Brothers. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Flying into history: the Wright Brothers' Flyer and the world's first flight

US heavyweight boxing champ Joe Louis receives a medal during WW2

From Joe Lewis to Audrey Hepburn: 10 famous faces of WW2.

How US-Russian relations fractured in the 1990s.

The USS West Virginia burns at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941

What if…Japan hadn't attacked Pearl Harbor.

Pearl HarborEpisode 3.

Pearl HarborEpisode 2.

The battleship USS California following the attack at Pearl Harbor

Second World War

Pearl Harbor: 12 facts about the surprise attack on the US Pacific Fleet

A gathering storm: why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor in 1941?.

Josephine Baker lounges on a tiger skin around the time she starred in La Revue Nègre

Singer, siren, activist, spy: the incredible life of Josephine Baker.

Shoppers in Liverpool during the 1960s

Q&AWhy is the shopping day after Thanksgiving called ‘Black Friday’?

Q&AWhat and when is the National Day of Mourning in the United States?

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 9: conclusion.

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 8: Willful, weak-minded women?.

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 7: Quarrelsome neighbours & family tensions.

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 6: Chaos in the courtroom.

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 5: Satanic sabbaths and supernatural sins.

Black and white image of several African men pushing two French missionaries in a sort of chair with wheels.

Think pieceWhy history must take a stance.

Zazie Beetz and Jonathan Majors in the Netflix film The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall: the real cowboys who inspired the black Western

A scene from the Salem witch trials, depicted in a 19th-century lithograph. How two girls’ accusations of witchcraft escalated into one of the darkest episodes in early American history has long puzzled historians. (Image by Alamy)

When the devil stalked Salem: the story of the Salem witch trials

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 4: The pervasive power of puritanism.

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 3: A ‘new Jerusalem’ on the edge of a wilderness.

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 2: How events spiralled out of control.

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 1: introduction.

A axe stuck in a piece of wood

General Early Modern

Q&AWhy do we say 'bury the hatchet'?

George III: the tyrant who lost America?.

A portrait from the 18th century of King George III wearing his coronation robes

George III: why his reputation as the mad king who lost America needs to be re-evaluated.

A reconstruction of a Viking church

Vikings in America: the Europeans who arrived 500 years before Columbus.

A 12-year-old boy with a large bruise on his face ‘pulls threads’ in a New York sweatshop

The 19th-century slums of New York