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Newgrange, a prehistoric monument in the Boyne Valley of eastern Ireland

General ancient history

Were ancient Ireland’s ‘incestuous elites’ just a myth? A tomb older than Stonehenge has new answers

Kavita Puri's hidden histories: "Samba schools used the carnival to foreground overlooked histories".

John Singer Sargent and his scandalous portrait of 'Madame X'.

John Singer Sargent and the scandalous Madame X portrait that set the Gilded Age alight

Illustration of a demon breathing fire with springs on his shoes jumping and scaring two women

Spring-Heeled Jack: the fire-breathing phantom that terrorised Victorian England

Ghosts, vampires & Abba holograms: an uncanny history of London.

Michael Wood on the New Angel | "Few works of 20th-century art have such a distinguished list of past owners".

International security & rough sleeping: history behind the headlines.

Recent HistoryExtra podcasts.

This 9th-century illustration shows Alcuin of York presenting his pupil Rabanus Maurus to Saint Martin. An influential scholar and teacher, Alcuin played a key role in the intellectual revival of Charlemagne’s court.

The first mafia? How an early medieval kingdom perfected the art of deadly diplomacy

An illustration showing Queen Elizabeth I. Her body has been replaced with an egg timer and her facial expression is looking worried.

Master the art of procrastination, with the help of the Virgin Queen.

Make Mercia Great Again.

Nancy Mitford

The real Nancy Mitford: meet the bestselling novelist who betrayed her sister

Are Bertha and George Russell real? Inside the real Vanderbilt divorces that rocked the Gilded Age

The Merovingians: everything you wanted to know.

Diana Mitord

The real Diana Mitford: society beauty and unabashed fascist

Unity Mitford

The real Unity Mitford: meet the high society British Nazi who was rumoured to have had Hitler's child

Unity Mitford, Diana Mitford and Nancy Mitford

The real Mitford Sisters: fascism, communism and Nazism collide in the true story behind Outrageous

This painted portrait depicts Ranavalona I, who ruled the Merina Kingdom of Madagascar from 1828 to 1861. Her reign was marked by violent efforts to resist European influence and preserve Malagasy sovereignty.

Meet the blood-soaked African queen who killed her own people in the face of colonialism

This 12th–14th century mosaic from the Pala d’Oro in St Mark’s Basilica, Venice, depicts Noah releasing animals from the ark — a moment of renewal after the biblical flood. (Photo by Getty Images)

General ancient history

Long before the Bible, an ancient Mesopotamian civilisation predicted one of its most famous stories

How the Allies won WW2.

A historical reenactor, dressed as a member of the United States Colored Troops during the American Civil War, takes a selfie with a phone. He is standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC; a Stars and Stripes flag is to his right.

What is Juneteenth, and why is it celebrated? A historian explains the significance of the holiday today.

A mosaic of servants or enslaved people making preparations for a Roman feast.

You probably eat these foods every day, so why did the ancient Romans think they were disgusting poison?

Flower power: how plants transformed the lives of 17th-century women.

Reshaping narratives, repatriation and Richard III : 25 lessons we've learnt from history in the last 25 years.

Pauline Black and Billie Holiday

My history heroPauline Black chooses Billie Holiday.

Ancient tips for health and happiness.

Thomas Aquinas: life of the week.

Two men dressed in Tudor clothes stand next to one another against a green curtain backdrop. Between them are several items, including a globe, a hymnbook and a lute

Tudors in turmoil: deciphering Hans Holbein’s masterwork The Ambassadors.

Barmier than Bond: Ian Fleming's extraordinary wartime escapades.

Fatherhood: a short history.