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Zazie Beetz and Jonathan Majors in the Netflix film The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall: the real cowboys who inspired the black Western

Johnny Hopper: a nerveless Nazi-killer.

Historical recipeFish Sausages.

Black cowboys on screen.

A scene from the Salem witch trials, depicted in a 19th-century lithograph. How two girls’ accusations of witchcraft escalated into one of the darkest episodes in early American history has long puzzled historians. (Image by Alamy)

When the devil stalked Salem: the story of the Salem witch trials

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 4: The pervasive power of puritanism.

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 3: A ‘new Jerusalem’ on the edge of a wilderness.

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 2: How events spiralled out of control.

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Salem witch trialsEpisode 1: introduction.

Doctor Who through the ages.

Ghosts, necromancy & the underworld in ancient Mesopotamia.

3 curious medieval ghost stories.

Historical recipeButter Beere.

Historical recipeFour Thieves Vinegar.

Historical recipeFake fish – a medieval apple pie for Lent.

What would you ask a historian?.

Irving Finkel“Ghosts were taken for granted as part of everyday Mesopotamian life”.

Michael Wood on Afghanistan“A new world is emerging, reviving older connections”.

Windows on to history.

A black and white photo of several 'matchwomen', who went on strike at the Bryant and May's factory in London in 1888.

The 1888 Matchgirls strike: how a group of East End women changed British labour history

Windows: an illuminating history.

Bulldog burners and dungboys: classifying occupations in British censuses (1841-1911).

Side-by-side portraits of Henry VIII's first two wives, Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon.

Do we have to be ‘Team Catherine’ or ‘Team Anne’ when it comes to Henry VIII’s wives?.

Sylvia Plath seated in front of a bookshelf.

The tragic story behind Sylvia Plath’s writing

Alfred the Great (849–899). (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Who was King Alfred the Great?

Q&AWas the gunfight at the OK Corral a major gun battle?.

QuizWeird and wonderful history.

How a ballerina survived the Gulag.

Anna Whitelock's Talking PointsA history of violence.

A painting showing British troops advancing on Ulundi, mountains in the background

The forgotten battles of the Zulu War.