20th Century

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

Alias Grace. (Photo by Jan Thijs/Netflix)

14 of the best historical TV shows on Netflix

Prohibition protesters parade in a car emblazoned with signs and flags calling for the repeal of the 18th Amendment, which outlawed the production and consumption of alcohol in the United States. (Archive Photos/Getty Images)

“A great social experiment”: your guide to prohibition

A female computer programmer demonstrates a new computer in the 1960s.

The changing role of women in British computing

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Video: 3 of the most famous royal weddings in history

Left: Prince Charles and Princess Diana on their wedding day. Right: Prince William and Catherine Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge on their wedding day. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

The 8 most famous royal weddings in British history

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

From Nell to Meghan: 10 romances between actors and royals

Freddie Mercury – born Farrokh Bulsara – on stage at Brondby Hallen, Denmark. (Photo by Jorgen Angel/Redferns)

My history hero: Freddie Mercury (1946–91)

From The Library

The future Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Buckingham Palace following their wedding, 20 November 1947. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Royal wedding traditions through history: etiquette, menus and the dress code

Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV

When royals marry ‘commoners’: a brief history

Members of 617 squadron, known as the Dambusters

Second World War

How successful was the Dambusters raid?

A still from the 2017 film Viceroy's House

Raj nostalgia: reconsidering the stories through which we view empire

Podcast Website large Saul David

The Entebbe raid

Four police officers, members of the Bow Street Horse Patrol, pose for a photograph with a horse.

The rise of the Great British ‘bobby’: a brief history of Britain’s police service