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Plots and Rebellions, with Professor Tracy Borman.

Sepia image of workers at a Lancashire cotton mill

How people with learning disabilities thrived in the 20th century.

Portrait of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII

Anne Boleyn: your guide to the life and death of Henry VIII's second queen – plus 11 little-known facts

Elizabethans quiz – week two.

Elizabethan Daily Life, with Professor Tracy Borman.

The Elizabethan court, with Professor Tracy Borman.

Elizabethans quiz - week one.

Queen Elizabeth I in procession with her courtiers, c1600-1603 (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Elizabeth I's accession day celebrations.

Sir Walter Raleigh, a portrait of the great favourite of Queen Elizabeth I

Q&AWhy was Sir Walter Raleigh executed?

English highwayman Dick Turpin is pictured astride his horse, leaping over a gate, as he flees his pursuers

The extraordinary legend of highwayman Dick Turpin

King James was king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and the first Stuart king of England, from 1603 to 1625, acceding to the throne upon the death of Elizabeth I. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

King James VI and I: your guide to the first Stuart monarch of England

St David, patron saint of Wales, in stained glass

Who was St David? The history of St David’s Day and its traditions

A black and white photo of Queen Victoria and Empress Augusta sat together outside, both wearing dark clothing

“There was a general perception that Queen Victoria’s mourning was neither normal nor acceptable”.

An 1891 rugby match between England and Scotland

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

A graphic of Queen Elizabeth I, with a night sky graphic

The Bisley Boy: was Queen Elizabeth I replaced by a man? The real history that debunks the conspiracy

A portrait of Charles Edward Stuart, popularly known as Bonnie Prince Charlie

Your guide to Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobite Rebellion, plus 10 facts you might not know

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.

A group of wartime evacuees take time to celebrate Shrove Tuesday, flipping pancakes in the air

Shrove Tuesday historyWhy do we eat pancakes?

Regency Masterclass, with Dr Lizzie Rogers.

HEX Academy Vikings - week one video

Viking raiders, with Professor Ryan Lavelle.

Regency quiz – week four.

MacDonald's leap to power: the story of the first Labour government.

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

(Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

Harold Godwinson: the story of the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

General Andrew Jackson (on horseback) led US forces to victory over the British at the battle of New Orleans on 8 January 1815 (Photo by Pierce Archive LLC/Buyenlarge via Getty Images)

Regency Britain: An age of war and revolution.

Employees operate power looms at a cotton mill in Lancashire (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

Reading between the lines: the real-life events that inspired Jane Austen.

Statue of William Wallace in Aberdeen

General History

Traitor or FaithfulBritish history's most notorious treason cases

Our illustration shows a woman struggling through wind and snow in 1816 (Illustration by Zara Picken)

1816: the year without summer.