Wales

Pat Smith of Mari Arts and the Mari Lwyd (Photo by Western Mail Archive/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)

General History

Welsh Christmas traditions through history

Sæberht of Essex, who oversaw the building of London’s original church of St Paul’s (Photo by The Picture Art Collection / Alamy Stock Photo)

How to survive the Dark Ages in Britain: 6 crucial tips

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?

Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, better known to history as the Ladies of Llangollen

Q&A Who were the Ladies of Llangollen?

Illustration of folkloric beings

General History

A history of Britain’s folklore

Welsh flag, featuring a dragon. The red dragon of Wales dates back to Roman times. (Photo by Getty Images)

Q&A Why does the Welsh flag feature a red dragon?

Wales' fans celebrate victory at the 1957 Five Nations Tournament, France vs Wales, holding the Welsh symbol, the leek. (Photo by Universal/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Q&A Why is the leek associated with Wales?

GJ1HTR A standing stone at Borvemore, with a view to beaches beyond, Isle of Harris, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

General prehistory

Explore 8 little-known prehistoric sites in Britain

Stonehenge: Not a henge, but certainly a stone circle, and a very long-lived centre of human activity. (Getty Images)

Your guide to Britain’s prehistoric stone circles

A photo of Stonehenge with plains in the background

General prehistory

Secrets of Stonehenge When & how was it built?

A lithograph depicts French forces landing at Carregwastad on 22 February 1797. (Image by Wikimedia Commons)

The battle of Fishguard: the last invasion of mainland Britain

School photo showing rows of children from a Manchester school

Did Britain really roar in the 1920s?

A group of BBC staff surround a large piece of broadcasting equipment

BBC at 100 The BBC begins: how a group of radio pioneers launched one of Britain’s most famous institutions

Vintners in an ale house, 1642. From a broadsheet titled ‘Health to All’, artist unknown. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Did Oliver Cromwell ban Christmas? The Puritan assault on Christmas during the 1640s and 1650s

Matthew Stevens tackles listener questions on the history of the Welsh regions during the Middle Ages

Medieval Wales: everything you wanted to know