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Baron Franz Nopcsa in Albanian uniform.

15 minutes of fameTom Holland chooses Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás.

Return of the Viking raiders.

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris who is medical historian and has written a new book called ‘the Facemaker’ about WW1 facial reconstruction

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris“This was a time when losing a limb made you a hero, but losing a face made you a monster”.

East German leader Willi Stoph greets West German chancellor Willy Brandt at Erfurt. (Getty images)

Cold War summits: how USA & USSR leaders worked to end the conflict.

President Reagan and General Secretary Gorbachev together

What brought a thaw in the Cold War?.

The uniform worn by pupils at Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham. (Photo by Rex Features)

The history of school uniforms

A portrait of a young Queen Victoria from around the time of the first assassination attempt in 1840

What if…Queen Victoria had been assassinated?.

The big questions of religious history.

Professor Dame Sarah Gilbert and Edward Jenner

My history heroDame Sarah Gilbert chooses Edward Jenner.

An illustration of fossil hunter Dorothea Bate

Dorothea Bate: A fearless fossil hunter.

Bridal accessories, including lace gloves and pearls (Alchemia | Dreamstime.com)

Beyond fashion: 6 accessories that reveal changing attitudes in society, from the Georgians to the 20th century.

Photo of Ginger Rogers

Q&AWhen did people start wearing sunglasses?.

Portraits of Anne Boleyn and Cardinal Thomas Wolsey

Anne Boleyn and Cardinal Wolsey’s deadly grudge match.

Troy: everything you wanted to know.

Castles: from mighty fortresses to fantastical palaces.

Cast and crew filming an episode of EastEnders in 1998 (Photo by Polly Borland/Getty Images)

BBC at 100How EastEnders saved the BBC.

Ilustration showing thorned brambles growing up the nervous system of a pink torso, the brambles at the bottom of the piece are growing in the shape of a uterus, and there are blackberries where the ovaries should be. A blue, gloved hand is coming in from the left to pluck at the ovary blackberry, and another gloved hand coming in from the right is using gardening secateurs to cut one of the branches. A metaphor for endometriosis, and in a broader sense, women's medical neglect and oppression

The gender pain gap: perceptions of women's health through history.

Mount Orgueil – or Gorey Castle in Jersey, Channel Islands

Jersey6 fascinating historical places to explore.

Glass men & killer doubles: a history of delusions.

A third-century monument of a Roman woman having her hair styled by slaves, from Germany. High-status women on the frontiers, including at Hadrian's Wall, tried to follow the latest Roman fashions (Photo by DEA / M. BORCHI / Getty Images)

Roman Britain: what six objects can reveal about life for women at Hadrian’s Wall.

A spare anchor sits in its well on the forepeek of the shipwrecked Titanic.

General History

From Terror to Titanic: 7 famous shipwrecks

In partnership with St Helena Tourism

Illustration showing woman receiving a caesarean section

General History

Q&AWhat are the origins of the caesarean section?

St Hadrian of Canterbury

15 minutes of fameMichael Wood chooses St Hadrian.

Q&AWhich king thought he was made of glass

Episode 8What can history tell us about its future?.

Sarah Smith and Eleanor of Aquitaine

My history heroSarah Smith chooses Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Richard, Duke of York challenges Edmund Beaufort, Suke of Somerset, to pick a side in the Wars of the Roses in Henry Payne's 1910 painting 'Choosing The Red and White Roses in the Temple Garden'

QuizHow much do you know about the Wars of the Roses?

St Hadrian of CanterburyMedieval African theologian.

Mongol and Mamluk cavalry clash in a 14th-century manuscript

How to repel a Mongol invasion: the success of Egypt’s Mamluk empire

Saint Michael and the DragonSaint Michael and the Dragon

DragonsFrom mythological beasts of history to the firebreathers of fantasy.