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Is history too politicised?.

Australian bushrangers

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Q&AWho were Australian bushrangers?

Did Israelite slaves build the pyramids, as shown in this copper engraving of 1630? Historians have shown that slave labour of this kind did not really exist in Egypt (Photo by akg-images)

Fact checking history: why dates, terminology and clarity matter.

A clown, c1970s. The next decade, there would be a panic over "stalker clowns" in the US (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images)

Clowns, agoraphobia and kayaks: a history of fear and loathing.

Hampton Court

My life in historyMatthew Storey, LGBT+ collections curator.

Five things to look out for when visiting a castle.

Keeping time: a watchmaker’s history.

Native Americans: a new history.

Tracy Borman

Tracy Borman on the coronation of Charles III.

Download your Kings and Queens of Britain poster

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Our top 15 Everything You Wanted To Know About HistoryExtra podcast episodes.

What makes a good coronation? Tracy Borman answers

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What makes a good coronation?

Which British monarch had the most successful coronation?

Which British monarch had the most successful coronation?.

A view of Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation ceremony from the rafters of Westminster Abbey, 2 June 1953 (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Staging a coronation: 5 dos (and 5 don'ts) for crowning a new monarch.

Low angle view of the Westminster Abbey

Why are British monarchs traditionally crowned in Westminster Abbey?.

Professor David Carpenter discusses the history of Westminster Abbey

Video podcast | David Carpenter on history of Westminster Abbey.

Charles III, whose coronation on 6 May “will be significant for the kind of king that emerges”, says Alice Hunt (Photo by Hannah McKay / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

CoronationsThe soft power of royal pomp and pageantry.

Queen Elizabeth II processes down the nave of Westminster Abbey during her coronation on 2 June 1953 (Photo by Chronicle / Alamy Stock Photo)

CoronationA-Z of royal coronations in Britain.

Pomp & power: royal ceremonies through the centuries.

Westminster Abbey: everything you wanted to know.

Roman Forum in Rome, Italy (Photo by Olgacov | Dreamstime.com)

Rome historyEmperors, popes and Renaissance glory.

Russian tsars: everything you wanted to know.

Episode 8Athens.

Bamburgh Castle is an imposing coastal fortress in North-East England

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Bamburgh Castle: The Real Bebbanburg of The Last Kingdom

Episode 7Oslo.

Wild urban spaces: a history.

Shepton Mallet Prison

Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesHMP Shepton Mallet.

Episode 6Paris.

Episode 5Istanbul.

Patriarchy’s long roots.