People watching the Royal Wedding

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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

A red herring on a plate

Q&AWhy do we say ‘red herring’?

A statue of the Roman emperor Augustus in Augsburg, Germany. (Image by Alamy)

The fall of Roman Britain: how life changed for Britons after the empire

Who was Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister? Episode 3: Clement Attlee

The Danelaw: a Viking kingdom in England?

Festival of Britain official programme. The event was held in 1951 on London's South Bank

The 1951 Festival of Britain: banishing the gloom of postwar Britain

Britain’s great postwar party

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

The death of Wat Tyler', 1859. Tyler was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England, which saw a group of rebels march on London to oppose the institution of a poll tax and demand economic and social reforms. He was killed by officers loyal to King Richard II during negotiations at Smithfield, London. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

Your guide to the Peasants' Revolt of 1381

Members of the royal family: Prince Louis; Prince George; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; Princess Charlotte; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; Princess Anne, Princess Royal; and Queen Elizabeth II during the Queen's annual birthday parade on 8 June 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Q&AHow did the royals choose 'Windsor'?

The Peasants’ Revolt: who were the rebels of 1381?

QuizRichard III: how much do you know about the last Plantagenet king?

British troops guard a wall during the Irish War of Independence, which bears a nationalist message

The Irish Republican Army: a brief guide

A 12th-century Celtic round tower at Clonmacnoise, County Offaly

“The power of the Irish over the Britons is great”: Fergal Keane on Britain's Irish roots

Who was Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister? Episode 2: Stanley Baldwin

Stanley Baldwin in the study at Chequers, the PM's official country residence, c1925

Stanley Baldwin: Britain’s greatest peacetime prime minister?

Portrait of King George V of England. (Photo by Getty Images)

Your guide to King George V: facts about his life, reign and death

Life in the workhouse podcast with Peter Higginbotham

Life in the workhouse: everything you wanted to know

At dinner, St Marylebone Workhouse, London, c1901 (1903)

The rise and fall of the workhouse

How constitutions changed the world

The pretenders who threatened Henry VII’s crown

A German sailor signals Bismarck during manoeuvres in the western Atlantic, some time before the British gave chase. The maimed battleship sank below the waves on 27 May 1941

Second World War

The sinking of the Bismarck: a cat and mouse chase across the Atlantic

Opulent headquarters East India House in London, 1850. From inside this grand building, the East India Company directors oversaw the governance of India and its associated territories (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

1838: A year in the life of the British empire

Britain’s nuclear past: the fallout from the High Explosive Research programme

A portrait of William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare: a guide to the life of England's greatest playwright

The battle of Waterloo: 10 key questions answered

Who was Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister? Episode 1: Robert Walpole

Muslim-Crusader interactions: a clash of civilisations?

Peter O’Toole (top) plays Henry II alongside Richard Burton

"Will no one rid me of this meddlesome priest?" The truth behind Henry II's notorious lament

Four knights hack Thomas Becket to death

Europe's greatest martyr: how Thomas Becket rose from the dead