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Elinor CleghornThe History of Unwell Women.

Robespierre is guillotined on 28 July 1794. Had he died two years earlier, his name would now be associated with liberty and equality, argues Marisa Linton. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Robespierre: man of terror

Kissing the Blarney Stone: a women hangs over the precipice with the aid of a friend as she attempts the feat at Blarney Castle in 1935

What is the Blarney Stone, where did it come from and why do people kiss it?

The execution of Louis XVI in the Place de la Revolution

What is a revolution?.

Fern Riddell

Contraception, consent & erotic connection: sex through history.

American billionaire Howard Hughes (shown here in a car in 1947) went from a visionary filmmaker to a germ-obsessed recluse, dying in 1976. (Photo by Getty Images)

“His flesh had rotted, and his bed was full of worms”: 5 of history's most eccentric hermits.

Everything you wanted to know about Canadian history

Canadian history: everything you wanted to know.

"Make love not midnight snacks": a social history of slimming clubs.

UFO history10 top sightings and a timeline

A UFO photographed in New Mexico by a government employee. The image was released by the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization after careful study. It is unknown what the image shows.(Photo by Getty Images)

How UFOs conquered the world – without firing a shot.

Victorian London prison, Newgate. Prisoners in the exercise yard. Engraving by Gustave Doré, 1872 (Photo by Getty Images)

British prisons: everything you wanted to know.

Prisoners exercise and play sport in the courtyard of the Fleet Prison, circa 1872

Timeline: a history of prisons in Britain

Fern RiddellSex: Lessons from History.

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Arrives Japan

Q&AHave the Olympic Games ever been cancelled?

Alan Turing

Second World War

Your guide to Alan Turing: the man, the enigma

Cat got your tongue? It certainly seems to be the case with this surprised tabby

Why do we say 'cat got your tongue'?

A young girl reading a book. We recently asked our Twitter followers which historical fiction book inspired them as a child. (Photo by Terry Vine via Getty Images)

Historical fiction recommendations for children: the best history books for kids

Apartheid road sign

Your guide to apartheid in South Africa.

The Statue of Liberty in New York. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

QuizAmerican history

Napoleon is apprehended by French soldiers on his return from Elba. Rather than take him to Paris in chains, the soldiers joined him

Napoleon's comeback: from exile on Elba to the Hundred Days

How constitutions changed the world.

Why are we fascinated by ‘evil women’?.

Bloodied feet, outrageous breasts and the sinister power of a hair cut: a history of the body.

What are the challenges of telling LGBTQ history?.

A broker looks at his screens at Frankfurt's stock exchange on 15 September 2008. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/AFP/Getty Images)

The 2008 financial crisis explained

A 1782 cartoon by James Gillray that depicts Buller as ‘Judge Thumb’. (Photo by Library of Congress)

Q&AWhy do we say ‘rule of thumb’?

Young woman gets hair cut in to a bob

A brief history of changing hairstyles.

No 10 Downing Street has been home to dozens of prime ministers (and numerous cats) since the iconic residence was first offered to Sir Robert Walpole

23 things you (probably) didn't know about No 10 Downing Street, the official residence of Britain's prime ministers

500 years of women’s self-portraits.

Tales of Irish emigration.