Period

The White Ship: a medieval royal tragedy.

The aftermath of Kristallnacht, when businesses and properties owned by Jews were the target of vicious Nazi mobs

Second World War

Life in Nazi Germany: everything you wanted to know

Making a splash: Diana relishes taking her sons on a water ride at the Thorpe Park theme park in 1993. William has since recalled how his mother loved "laughter and fun". (Photo by Getty Images)

Princess Diana: a "modern" mother who ripped up the rule book.

The arrest of Guy Fawkes. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Alternate history: what if… the gunpowder plot had succeeded?.

An ‘ordinary’ Nazi.

King Arthur triumphs over the Saxons at the battle of Mount Badon

How much of the story of King Arthur is true?.

President Nixon making final TV address

The 5 most notorious presidents in US history

Henry VIII’s mistresses: who else did the Tudor king sleep with?

George Washington

American presidents: 9 things you (probably) didn’t know.

David Olusoga"Half a million cats and dogs were put to death in 1939 – for no good reason".

A portrait of Anne Boleyn. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Anne Boleyn: a 16th-century feminist?.

The history of medicine: everything you wanted to know.

Poland 1939: The invasion that sparked WW2.

The Falklands War in the air.

Anne Boleyn

Anne Boleyn’s final battle: Tracy Borman reveals Henry VIII's final 'kindness'.

Glamis Castle is said to be the most-haunted castle in Scotland. (Photo by mpalis via Getty Images)

A royal ghost tour: 5 haunted sites around Britain.

The Oseberg ship from around AD 820 is one of the most well- preserved Viking ships ever excavated (Photo by Noe Falk Nielsen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Viking ships: 5 lesser-known facts

Solon, an Athenian statesman (left) laid the foundations for democracy

Your guide to...the history of democracy

Unexpected Irish tales.

The ruins of Coventry Cathedral after bombing

Second World War

Your guide to the 1940 Coventry Blitz

A portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I

Walter Ralegh: “The rankest traitor in all England?”.

Stephen Bourne on Black soldiers in WW2

Black Britons in WW2.

An illustration of a group of supposed witches

A very brief history of witches by Suzannah Lipscomb

Professor Jan Bill on the HistoryExtra podcast.

At sea with the Vikings.

A 14th-century depiction of bakers at work. (Image by Getty Images)

Social mobility in the Middle Ages: could medieval people improve their station?

Adventure and opportunity: female transatlantic travellers.

A near-contemporary depiction of the 14th-century English monk, mathematician and astronomer Richard of Wallingford. Monks were among the leading scientific practitioners during the medieval period. (Photo by Bridgeman)

The genius of medieval science: from medicine to mechanical clocks.

Thomas More: saint or sinner?

The Regency era: everything you wanted to know.

Tudor queens on screen.