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HistoryExtra's Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy Borman

HistoryExtra Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy BormanHastings to Magna Carta (1066–1215).

What is the history behind May Day and why do we celebrate it?

Kris Manjapra“Black communities have had to pay for the failures of emancipation”.

The failings of emancipation.

Second World War

BiographyOskar Schindler: your guide to his life and legacy

Anne Frank writing at her desk, c1942

Why we should remember…the translation of Anne Frank’s diary.

The upstairs/downstairs world of Downton Abbey: how true to life is it?

Episode 6How the pandemic transformed societies.

Haitians celebrate Kanaval, which takes place in the run-up to Lent. Later, over Easter, Haitian secret societies will use brooms to ‘sweep up’ zonbi spirits. (Photo by Jessica Obert/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Zombies of the Caribbean: your guide to zonbi spirits.

A 20th-century image depicts a ‘witch’ being burned alive in Munich. In reality, most suspects had already been killed before being set alight (Photo by Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images)

8 popular misconceptions about the history of witchcraft in Europe.

Video games at 50: a cultural history.

A mushroom cloud rises into the sky above Enewetak Atoll

The mystery of the missing H-bomb paper.

Libraries: a book lover’s history.

A wall mosaic of Picasso’s Guernica painting.

Q&AWhy did Pablo Picasso paint Guernica?

As well as practising Wicca, other traditions with Pagan roots – such as celebrating the summer solstice at Stonehenge – still remain popular. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/AFP via Getty Images)

Wicca and modern witchcraft: a history

The Spanish town of Guernica after the bombing by German and Italian aircraft, 1937. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Second World War

The bombing of Guernica: who was responsible?

BBC at 100Captivating little citizens.

Episode 4TV takes off in the 1950s.

These nutritious and long-lasting Anzac biscuits are often associated with the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. (Credit: Sam Nott)

Historical recipeAnzac Biscuits.

The Falklands War: everything you wanted to know.

Photo of Holy Trinity Church

Q&AWhere is William Shakespeare buried – and is there a curse on his grave?

Rebel ramblers of the Kinder Trespass.

Ramblers pictured on Kinder Scout in 1932

Kinder Scout Mass Trespass: how the Peak District became Britain's first national park.

Catherine the Great: inoculation pioneer.

Episode 5Death, sin & spirituality.

A depiction of the execution of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico by firing squad

The Siege of Querétaro: the downfall of Maximilian I of Mexico.

What if...The Ottomans had won at Lepanto in 1571?.

Trailblazers of black British theatre.

QuizHow much do you know about Titanic?

Domenico Fetti painting illustrating a melancholic woman in the early 17th century

The Anatomy of Melancholy: how Robert Burton helped shape our understanding of the mind.