England

The skeleton exhumed from beneath a Leicester car park in 2012. The remains contained features matching Tudor descriptions of Richard III, and injuries to the skull and body inflicted at the battle of Bosworth in 1485

Rediscovering Richard III The story of how a lost king was found

A missionary preaches to the Native Americans of Massachusetts, c1650. By now, colonists were imposing their values on the indigenous population, encouraging them to dress like the English – and worship the English God. (Photo by Ian Tyas/Keystone/Getty Images)

Britain's nuclear fears How has the UK prepared for Armageddon?

Image of Empress Matilda

What if… Empress Matilda had defeated King Stephen?

Armstrong's wife Katherine died in February 1921 after months of ill-health. Police found high levels of arsenic after her body was exhumed and he was charged for his wife's murder Major and Mrs. Herbert Armstrong. January 1922 (Photo by WATFORD/Mirrorpix/Mirrorpix via Getty Images)

Herbert Rowse Armstrong Innocent solicitor or guilty murderer?

(L to R) Elizabeth I, Charles II and Edward VII

General History

How to be a successor Do’s and don’ts for heirs to the throne from history

Lucy Worsley. (Photography by Frank Monks)

Lucy Worsley “Agatha Christie’s mysterious disappearance in 1926 was the central injustice of her life”

Queen Bookazine WL

Digital download The Queen: A guide to her life and times from the makers of BBC History Magazine

The statue of Alfred the Great in Winchester set against a blue sky background

Excavating Winchester: the dig that changed (urban) history

Front door of No 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British prime minister

General History

Quiz British prime ministers

Ian Hislop and Alfred the Great

My history hero Ian Hislop chooses Alfred the Great

Front door of No 10 Downing Street, the official residence of the British prime minister

From Walpole to Truss Lessons from the 300-year history of the British prime minister

A portrait of a young Queen Victoria from around the time of the first assassination attempt in 1840

What if… Queen Victoria had been assassinated?

Portraits of Anne Boleyn and Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

Anne Boleyn and Cardinal Wolsey’s deadly grudge match

St Hadrian of Canterbury

15 minutes of fame Michael Wood chooses St Hadrian

Richard, Duke of York challenges Edmund Beaufort, Suke of Somerset, to pick a side in the Wars of the Roses in Henry Payne's 1910 painting 'Choosing The Red and White Roses in the Temple Garden'

Quiz How much do you know about the Wars of the Roses?