General History

General History

Why was Mozart obsessed with poo?

Women at Kappa Kappa Gamma and Gamma Phi Beta Houses of University of California at Los Angeles in 1952

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What is Greek life?

A 14th-century depiction of a lady and youth playing a game of draughts (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

War and pieces: 5 games from history that were about much more than fun.

Video podcastFalse rumps & rotten teeth: 400 years of bizarre beauty practices.

Norse god of war and All-father, Odin, next to Germanic princess Brunhild

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Fierce and furious: who are the most powerful gods of war throughout world history?

False rumps & rotten teeth: 400 years of bizarre beauty practices.

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The Voynich Manuscript is written in a unique alphabet that has thus far defeated some of the world’s greatest codebreakers. (Photo by Alamy)

History's greatest mysteriesThe conundrums historians want to see solved.

Great ReputationsExamine the contested legacies of key historical figures.

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Best of BBC History MagazineAudio long reads.

Historical biographiesLife of the week.

Cultural contextHistory behind the headlines.

HistoryExtra AcademyThe Regency, with Lizzie Rogers.

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The history of migration: everything you wanted to know.

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My life in historyInternational head of silver at Christie’s.

Alice Loxton

Eighteen-year-olds who changed history.

Board games

How games changed history.

Video podcastHidden labs, sex gardens & torture attics: secrets of British royal palaces.

Lines on a map: borders that shaped world history.

Tartan: everything you wanted to know.

“People have achieved all kinds of crazy things at the age of 18” | Alice Loxton on the teens who've changed British history.

Helios driving a chariot

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Sun gods and goddesses16 solar deities from world history

Quiz: what year is it?.

Our long obsession with the end of the world.

Older man in a Sherlock Holmes type matching outfit and hat with a hand and a magnifying glass up to his face with a large pipe hanging out of his mouth.

QuizCan you find the odd one out?.

A baby sits on a toilet and pulls toilet paper from a roll

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A brief history of the toilet: wiping, washing – plus, who invented the flush?

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Our 2024 ‘30 under 30’ list

Video podcastWelsh mythology: everything you wanted to know.

The Spanish Inquisition: everything you wanted to know.