Location

Borris, County Carlow, Ireland. (Photo by Timothy Seren/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

The wild man of County Carlow

Muslims and Jews in the 16th century

The Holy Roman Empire and Capability Brown

The Revenant and the real Hugh Glass: how historically accurate is the film?

Middle East history special

A brave new world: the 1980s home computer boom

Q&AWhy did the Germans never convince the Japanese to start a serious invasion of the Soviet Union during the Second World War?

Benjamin Franklin in London

French troops under shellfire during the battle of Verdun. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

The LibraryVerdun - hell on Earth

A relief at the World Heritage site of Xanadu in Inner Mongolia, China. (Photo by Dreamstime)

My favourite place: Xanadu, China

President Ronald Reagan at Durenberger Republican convention rally, 1982. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: Ronald Reagan (1911–2004)

An illustration of HMS Intrepid, under the command of Irish explorer Captain Francis Leopold McClintock, trapped in pack ice in Baffin Bay, c1853. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

OpinionWhy the British love a plucky loser

An illustration of Victoria Woodhull addressing a congressional committee on the benefits of women's suffrage, 1871. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

The LibraryThe one-woman revolution

The Romanovs, 1913: Nicholas II with his wife and children. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Books interview with Simon Sebag Montefiore: The Romanovs

An illustration of Henry VIII and his second wife, Anne Boleyn. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Not such a prude after all: the secrets of Henry VIII’s love life

Michael Wood on... Oxford's Cecil Rhodes statue

Aquatic Centre Ferry Dock, Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Getty Images)

My favourite place: Vancouver, Canada

The Beatles perform onstage at the Cavern Club, Liverpool in February 1961. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

History explorer: the swinging sixties

A coffin containing the skeleton of King Richard III sitting in repose inside Leicester Cathedral. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Are we blinded by our love of history?

A portrait of the author Leo Tolstoy on his 80th birthday. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

A brief history of War and Peace

Mario Lanza c1950. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

My history hero: Mario Lanza (1921-59)

The Romanovs and King Arthur

How has public memory of the Holocaust changed over the years?

Hatshepsut: a guide to the life and rule of ancient Egypt's female pharaoh

A global view of history

Photo of a statue of Boudicca

Q&AIs Boudica buried at Platform 9¾?

Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Is Martin Luther King's ‘I have a dream’ the greatest speech in history?

Postwar Germany and medieval CSI

The amazing history of Egypt

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: an interview about her new BBC series