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The battle of Fishguard: the last invasion of mainland Britain

Mary Stuart, shown here in a painting after Nicholas Hilliard, might have been a good queen, says Kate Williams, but the odds were stacked against her. (Image by Superstock)

Who betrayed Mary, Queen Of Scots?

Georgian Britain: the highs and lows of a transformative age.

A group of Georgian gentlemen smoking, drinking and reading newspapers at their club

Penelope J Corfield“The Georgian era was a time of experimentation and invention”.

An oil on panel portrait of Elizabeth Woodville

Elizabeth Woodville: Edward IV’s controversial queen consort

A replica of St Edward’s Crown, used in the coronation of British rulers since 1661

General History

Who is Britain’s greatest monarch?

Vichy France: everything you wanted to know.

Emerald Fennell plays Camilla Parker Bowles (then Shand) in 'The Crown'

In profile: Queen Consort Camilla

Charles and Camilla, 1979

Charles and CamillaA history of their romance

Berlin’s tumultuous history.

Three female civil rights pioneers.

18th century French caricature satirising the fashion for enormous wigs

Q&ADid Rococo wigs really have mice?.

Portrait of Maria Sibylla Merian, by Jacob Marrel, 1679 (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

Maria Sibylla Merian: the artist who challenged the natural world.

Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark and the first Viking king of England (Photo by Getty)

How Sweyn Forkbeard became the first Viking king of England.

A Roman soldier stands on guard during a re-enaction at Birdoswald Roman fort in Carlisle

Roman legions: the backbone of the Roman military

In partnership with Expeditions Rome

A 19th-century lithograph showing a medieval criminal claiming sanctuary by placing his arm through the ring on a church door (Picture by Bridgman)

Sanctuary in medieval churches: how criminals found protection from capture and punishment.

America’s Cold War culture boom.

Ras Prince Monolulu entertains the crowds at Aintree racecourse, 1931 (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

Ras Prince Monolulu: the horse-race tipster who transformed himself into an Abyssinian prince.

Medieval masterclass 2: Dominium 750-1215.

Emily Soldene, actress, writer and rebel

Emily Soldene: actress, writer, rebel.

London schoolboys on strike, Shoreditch, September 1911. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Schoolchildren on strike: when pupils demanded shorter hours.

Painting of Bonnie Prince Charlie

Bonnie Prince Charlie: Scottish superhero or Italian coward?.

Margery Kempe HistoryExtra podcast

Margery Kempe: medieval mystic.

Greek myths: everything you wanted to know.

Bloody Sunday: 50 years on.

Episode 1Audio adventures in the 1920s.

Illustration by Luke Waller

The Pentrich Rising: England's forgotten armed revolution.

BBC employees at work in the control room at the new home at Broadcasting House (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

BBC at 100Broadcasting House: a new home for the BBC.

A picture of Charles Darwin in his later years

Q&ADid Charles Darwin coin the phrase 'survival of the fittest'?

Deposed Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, German officer Paul Schmidt and Adolf Hitler survey damage at Hitler's eastern front military headquarters, ‘the Wolf’s Lair’, hours after a failed bombing attempt by Lieutenant Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. (Photo by Heinrich Hoffmann/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Second World War

Should we be glad the 1944 July Plot to kill Hitler failed?