Period

A medieval couple being married by a clergyman

Love and marriage in medieval England

Why Florence Nightingale was so much more than the ‘Lady with the Lamp’.

Florence Nightingale

The life and legend of Florence Nightingale.

Chris WoolgarMedieval food.

Picture of Luddites destroying machinery

Industrial revolution

Your guide to…The Luddite movement

Sir Barry Cunliffe and a team of archaeologist roll up a Roman mosaic at Fishbourne Roman palace

Roll up, roll up: how the Roman mosaics at Fishbourne Palace were saved.

Queen Victoria c1870

What did Queen Victoria really look like?

Elma BrennerMedieval disease and medicine.

Hannah SkodaViolence in the Middle Ages.

Sally Dixon-SmithMedieval love and marriage.

The Vikings: everything you wanted to know.

Britain at War.

Image of a medieval skull showing arrow injury

BlogMedieval(ish) matters #2: arrows in the eye, The Last Kingdom, Viking dogs.

Free downloadYour essential guide to the history of witchcraft.

Download your course certificate.

Engraving of the death of Cleopatra

When and how did Queen Cleopatra die and who killed her?

What was a drunkard's cloak used for? This illustration shows a man wearing the archaic punishment tool designed to punish habitual drinkers. (Photo by Getty Images)

Q&AWhat was a drunkard’s cloak used for?

Miners work hard in cramped conditions at the pit face in Ellington Colliery, Northumberland, 1951 (Photo by Getty Images)

The Northumbrians: from Bede to Geordie Shore.

Painting of Alfred the Great

Alfred the Great and Edington: how the King of Wessex became great.

Harold Wilson in 1971, after his first period as prime minister. He would take power again in 1974. (Photo by Getty Images)

History heroJason Watkins chooses Harold Wilson (1916–95).

Members of the royal family: Prince Louis; Prince George; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; Princess Charlotte; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; Princess Anne, Princess Royal; and Queen Elizabeth II during the Queen's annual birthday parade on 8 June 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

From The Crown to Queen Elizabeth’s corgis: 24 history questions about the royal family for your home pub quiz

Marble statue of a young Roman girl

Everything you wanted to know about Roman Britain – but were afraid to ask

View of the Norse Buildings, L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland. (Photo by Alamy)

Medieval globetrotters.

A 10th-century silver coin minted in a Danish settlement

The global millennium: how the year AD 1000 was more globalised than we might think.

Peter Mayhew, Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness and Mark Hamill, on-set of the film Star Wars

Star Wars: why did the film make history?.

8 May 1945: Crowds celebrate VE Day in London, at the end of World War 2. (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

"Hooray! The war is ended": 5 people's recollections of VE Day.

Expelled Germans leaving Poland's western territories

"The war without an end": what happened in Europe after VE Day?.

Victorian family. (Photo by Sean Sexton-Getty images)

The Victorians: everything you wanted to know.

The rise of spiritualism after WW1.

Linda Porter

Linda Porter“You’ve got to be impressed by how these women played the system”.