Scotland

A depiction of folk figure Dick Whittington

Dick Whittington, the Loch Ness Monster and a talking mongoose: 8 mythical figures of British history

Hume Castle

Q&A Who was the original king of the castle and who was the dirty rascal?

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Q&A Did the Scottish mass-murdering cannibal Sawney Bean actually exist?

Moves still from Rob Roy

How Walter Scott’s stories shaped Scotland

William Wallace on trial in 1305

William Wallace: who was the Scottish rebel who defied Edward I?

Walter Scott: an engraving after a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence of the Scottish poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott

Walter Scott: the man who invented Scotland

Mary, Queen of Scots during her trial at Fotheringhay Castle – where she was also executed for her alleged role in the Babington Plot

What if... The Babington Plot to assassinate Elizabeth I had succeeded?

Ronald Hutton discusses Oliver Cromwell’s early life and career, exploring the brilliance and cruelty of the future Lord Protector. (Image by Getty Images)

Oliver Cromwell’s remarkable rise to power

Queen Elizabeth I dancing with Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester. Artist unknown. (© Lebrecht Music and Arts Photo Library/Alamy)

Tudor tunes: music at the courts of Henry VIII, Elizabeth I and James VI and I

Sir Tom Devine responds to listener questions on the causes and consequences of one of the most notorious episodes of Scottish history. (Image by Getty Images)

The Highland Clearances: everything you wanted to know

A 1628 engraving of the Spanish siege of the Dutch city of Breda

Was James VI and I murdered?

Coronation of King Edward III. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

7 medieval kings of England you should know about

British prime minister Clement Attlee reading a document in his office, 27 July 1946. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Clement Attlee: Labour’s postwar leader

An early Christian standing stone situated in an open field at Gelligaer Common near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. (Getty Images)

Where history happened: the villages that disappeared

The historical drama series Outlander, based on a series of novels by Diana Gabaldon, has become a TV phenomenon. (Image by Outlander/Starz)

Outlander: the real history that inspired the time-slip drama