Central America

Black and white photo of a group of women marching while holding a sign saying 'International Women's Day'

A brief history of International Women’s Day: what is it and why do we celebrate it?

Colin Grant tells the stories of postwar immigrants who moved to Britain from the Caribbean.

Editor’s pick: the Windrush generation

Portrait of founding father Alexander Hamilton by John Trumbull, c1806. (Photo by National Gallery Of Art/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

Your guide to Alexander Hamilton, plus 6 fascinating facts about the founding father

Camilla Townsend

General ancient history

Cundill Prize-winner Camilla Townsend on global history

Ian Fleming, British author and creator of the James Bond character

James Bond in real life: where did Ian Fleming’s inspirations come from?

Claudia Jones at the Brixton offices of 'The West Indian Gazette'

Britain’s black trailblazers: 7 pioneers who changed British history

Stella Dadzie on the HistoryExtra podcast (Image by Getty Images)

Enslaved women & resistance

Camilla Townsend on the HistoryExtra podcast. (Image by Getty Images)

Aztecs in their own words

Vincent Brown talks about 'Tacky's Revolt' on the HistoryExtra podcast.

An Atlantic slave war

Priest offering the heart taken from a living human victim to the Aztec sun god and god of war, Huitzilopochtli. Print of facsimile from Aztec Codex, published 1904. Human Sacrifice (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Q&A: Why and how did the Aztecs practise human sacrifice?

Afua Hirsh with her ‘Enslaved’ co-presenters Simcha Jacobovici and Samuel L Jackson

Afua Hirsch on tracing the story of the transatlantic slave trade

François-Dominique Toussaint L'ouverture

Toussaint Louverture’s revolutionary life

Mary Seacole as seen in a contemporary photo. Although she became famous for her nursing work in the Crimean War, her story subsequently became largely forgotten. (Photo by Alamy)

My history hero: Bernardine Evaristo chooses Mary Seacole (1805–1881)

Magic stone in Laraibina village in New Ireland, Papua New Guinea on September 27, 2009. This magic stone is hidden in a tree in Laraibina village. It is very useful to call the rain or to make some magic actions on people. It is forbidden to touch it, only the witch doctor can hold it. The same kind of stones exists in Vanuatu. (Photo by Eric LAFFORGUE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

General ancient history

A sweeping history of magic – from witchcraft to shamanism

A family comprising several generations of enslaved people. Resistance, common throughout the history of slavery, ranged from slow working to violent fights for freedom (Universal History Archive/Gertty Images)

Freedom fighters: the enslaved people who fought for the abolition of slavery