General History

A woman on a bike cycles in front of a castle

General History

A real castle for Christmas: 5 places to explore and stay this festive season

A kelpie, from British folklore. (Image by Getty Images)

General History

Supernatural stories: 9 unusual British folktales

Illustration of the Red Dragon of China

Has China always been the world’s greatest superpower?

Everything you wanted to know about Canadian history

Canadian history: everything you wanted to know

L to R: Marie Antoinette of France, Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba, Hurrem (also known as Roxelana)

Queens know best: survival lessons from powerful historical women

St George’s Day: 11 things you might not know about England’s patron saint

The road to equality Protesters march in New York City, 1976. The gay rights movement in the US is one of LGBTQ history’s most famous stories. (Photo by Granger/Shutterstock)

What are the challenges of telling LGBTQ history?

Young woman gets hair cut in to a bob

A brief history of changing hairstyles

Eadwine the Scribe, c mid-12th century. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

General History

A history of left-handed writing

Picture of a court jester

10 April Fools pranks through history that went wrong

Terracotta plaque which is believed to show the poet Sappho rejecting an amorous advance by her contemporary who is also from the island of Lesbos. (Photo by Finnbarr Webster/Getty Images)

General History

From Sappho to It’s a Sin: 9 LGBT+ histories, chosen by experts

View of a gay pride parade in Boston, Massachusetts, c1977. (Photo by Spencer Grant/Getty Images)

From the ancient world to the 1969 Stonewall Riots: a brief guide to LGBT+ history

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A history of Valentine’s Day celebrations – from fertility festivals to the first cards

Historians have chosen their favourite historical novels.

22 of the best historical fiction novels to help you escape to the past

An Australian Sea Shanty band, c1988

A brief history of sea shanties