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Curling stones during a match at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah

General History

A brief history of curling – from medieval Scotland to the Winter Olympics

The Normans: beyond 1066.

Portrait of Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany

Q&AWho was the Grand Old Duke of York?

Philip II, king of Spain from 1556, seated with Queen Mary I of England. They married in 1554

When Mary met Philip: a Tudor queen in love

General prehistory

Explore8 little-known prehistoric sites in Britain

Crowds gather to watch the summer solstice sunrise at the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge, 2019

Opinion“Stonehenge is no longer a Neolithic monument – it is a pop culture phenomenon”.

British identity in 50 documents.

German soldiers watch a farmhouse they have burned during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941

Second World War

The eastern front in WW2: how it all went wrong for the Germans

Your guide to Britain’s prehistoric stone circles.

An old man penetrating the earth's firmament to see the workings of the universe beyond

A brief history of astronomy.

Medieval masterclass 4: Revolution 1348-1527.

A panorama of the man-made Neolithic structure Silbury Hill in Wiltshire

ExploreSilbury Hill & Avebury, the site of Neolithic Britons.

A photo of Stonehenge with plains in the background

General prehistory

Secrets of StonehengeWhen & how was it built?

Shakespearean deaths: swordfights, snakebites & poison.

Language of flowers postcard

Q&AWhat was floriography?.

An aerial photo of Stonehenge

Your guide to Stonehenge, plus 12 fascinating facts you might not know

Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in season six of 'Peaky Blinders'

Peaky Blinders: The story so far, plus the real figures to expect in season 6

Stonehenge: everything you wanted to know (part one).

James Hamilton's 1880s painting 'The Massacre of Glencoe'.

Hell at Glencoe: what led to the massacre in the Scottish Highlands?

Britain’s only war crimes trial.

Valentine's celebrations in historyFrom fertility festivals to the first cards

Extinct animals of medieval Britain.

Children's author Beatrix Potter as a young woman, c1892

Why the real Beatrix Potter was more than her children’s tales.

John Wilkes Booth flees the theatre after shooting US president Abraham Lincoln

Q&AWhy do we say ‘your name is mud’ – and what does it have to do with Abraham Lincoln?

A cartoon of Queen Elizabeth I

General History

QuizMonarchy: from William the Conqueror to the Windsors

A portrait of King Charles I

Jane Whorwood: the royalists' secret weapon.

Mexico’s ill-fated Austrian emperor.

Lettice Knollys

A Tudor love triangle: Elizabeth I, Lettice Knollys and Robert Dudley

Medieval masterclass 3: Rebirth 1216-1347.

A lobbycard for the 1923 film Is Conan Doyle Right? (Photo by LMPC via Getty Images)

The supernatural interests of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.