Europe

Reinhard Heydrich’s brutality was shocking, even by Nazi standards. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Second World War

Killing Hitler’s hangman: the dramatic story of Reinhard Heydrich’s assassination

A group of men wearing togas assault Julius Caesar in this painting depicting his assassination.

Violence, rebellion and sexual exploitation: the darker side of ancient Rome

The 1618 Defenestration of Prague, in which four Catholic officials were thrown from a top-floor window of Prague (Hradčany) Castle by Bohemian Protestant activists, starting the Thirty Years' War. (Photo by Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

The 1618 Defenestration of Prague explained

Marble bust of Emperor Caligula. (DEA / A. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

The 8 bloodiest Roman emperors in history

N Dubois de Chémant demonstrating his own, and a grotesque female patient's false teeth, to a prospective male patient with grossly disfigured teeth. (Wellcome Collection)

A bite-sized history of dentistry

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Video: 3 of the most famous royal weddings in history

Podcast Website large Antony Beevor

Second World War

Beevor on Arnhem

A portrait of actress Nell Gwynn, longtime mistress to King Charles II.

From Nell to Meghan: 10 romances between actors and royals

A 14th-century Flemish illustration depicting the burying of plague victims in coffins in Tournai in 1349. (Photo by Granger Historical Picture Archive/Alamy Stock Photo)

Black Death: “Oh father, why have you abandoned me?”

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Medieval buildings lining the Dijver canal in the centre of the Belgian city of Bruges. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Bruges, Belgium

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A painting depicting the battle of the White Mountain

Europe’s apocalypse: the Thirty Years’ War

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A statue of Anglo-Saxon queen Æthelflæd

Æthelflæd: The woman who crushed the Vikings

The wrecked remains of an Allied glider that participated in Market Garden

Second World War

Arnhem: A disaster in the planning

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Members of 617 squadron, known as the Dambusters

Second World War

How successful was the Dambusters raid?