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My history heroSteve Hackett chooses Thomas Paine.

A vessel at sea comes across the mythical ghost ship The Flying Dutchman

General History

Seven of history's most disturbing ghost ship stories that will haunt your dreams

The race to identify all living creatures.

English prime minister Spencer Perceval being assassinated by bankrupt businessman John Bellingham in the lobby of the House of Commons

Why was Spencer Perceval assassinated? Inside the killing of a Georgian prime minister

Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft: the firebrand feminist thinker with a rule-breaking life

Portrait of George III.

QuizHow well do you know the Georgian period?

Britain’s war on the slave ships: how the Royal Navy policed the Atlantic in the 19th century.

The Boston Tea PartyIgniting a revolution.

Week fourSlavery and abolition.

Week threeWar and conflict.

Week 2Regency culture.

Week oneIntroduction to the Regency.

Video podcastThe Grand Tour: everything you wanted to know.

US founding father Benjamin Franklin

Q&AWhy was Benjamin Franklin rumoured to be a serial killer?

Two men duelling. The man in foreground holds a smoking gun. The man in the background is falling, one hand to his face, his pistol limp in his hand

Pardon me, are you Aaron Burr, sir? The real story of the maligned Founding Father and 'villain' of Hamilton

A depiction of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence. John Adams, Roger Sherman Robert R Livingston, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin.

Why does the United States of America celebrate Independence Day on 4 July?

A depiction of the signatories of the Declaration of Independence. John Adams, Roger Sherman Robert R Livingston, Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin.

Your guide to the 1776 American Declaration of Independence

Video podcastThe real Lady Whistledown & the golden age of gossip.

Inside Bridgerton's ballrooms.

Choreographer Jack Murphy with Sam Phillips as Lord Debling, and Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington.

How to recreate a Regency ballInsider secrets from Bridgerton's choreographer.

A mob setting fire to Newgate Prison and freeing prisoners.

The Gordon RiotsHow an anti-Catholic petition escalated into the most destructive riots in London’s history

Beastly Victorians: preventing animal cruelty in the 19th century.

Video podcastLife of the week: the Duke of Wellington.

Maria Theresa: life of the week.

The Terror: everything you wanted to know.

Video podcastHappily ever after? Love and marriage in Austen’s era.

The real Lady Whistledown & the golden age of gossip.

Engraving of Jane Austen and her sister Cassandra doing needlework in the rectory garden.

Did women have good friendships in the Regency era?.

Mrs Crackenthorpe column and Penelope Featherington in 'Bridgerton'

Was there a real Lady Whistledown? The true stories of Mrs Crackenthorpe, Bridgerton’s scandal sheets and the golden age of gossip

Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton, Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington

Bridgerton: the real history explained