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10 things you (probably) didn't know about ancient Egypt

Michael Wood on statues"These ‘history wars’ over statues are really about something bigger: about different views of the past, and who controls it".

The unexpected Tudors.

From Nelson to Churchill: challenging British heroes with Afua Hirsch.

Men operate a cotton gin in Dahomey, Mississippi, in 1898

7 key questions about the transatlantic slave trade – answered

A brief guide to the transatlantic slave trade.

Abolition in Britain: the link between slavery and the British national identity.

Woodcut illustration of slave labour on a sugar plantation

Success, sugar and slaves: the uncomfortable story of slaveholder Simon Taylor.

Olaudah Equiano (Photo by Getty)

General Early Modern

Who was Olaudah Equiano – and why was his story of slavery so important?

An 1826 illustration from 'The Black Man's Lament

David Olusoga"Thousands of Britons opposed abolition – because they owned slaves".

Lemuel F Abbott's famous 1797 portrait of Horatio Nelson. In 1805, the British naval hero promised to speak publicly against the abolition of slavery, but was denied the opportunity by his death at Trafalgar later that year. (Picture by Alamy)

Lord Nelson and slavery: Nelson’s dark side

Nazi Germany: everything you wanted to know.

Saturday lecture: Medieval disease and medicine.

The history of the Bible.

John Profumo in October 1962

Sex, lies and spies: the real history of the Profumo Affair

Martin Luther at the Diet of Worms, 1521. This was an assembly of the Holy Roman Empire called by King Charles V in Heylshof Garden, Worms, to address Martin Luther and the effects of the Protestant Reformation. (Photo by The Print Collector via Getty Images)

What was the Reformation?

Henry Avery: the legendary 17th-century pirate.

The front facade of the prehistoric chambered tomb of Wayland's Smithy

BlogMedieval(ish) matters #6: Viking military mind games, Anglo-Saxon mind maps, and embroidery before the Bayeux Tapestry.

History Traveller, part 2: St Basil's Cathedral, Moscow.

History Traveller, part 1: Meroë, Sudan.

Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. When Edward became king in January 1936, he was the darling of the nation. Yet when he abdicated in December 1936, few believed he was making the wrong decision. (Photo by Getty Images)

Love before duty: the story of Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson

A researcher examines the medieval Voynich Manuscript with a magnifying glass

The Voynich Manuscript: who wrote the mystery medieval codex and what is it trying to tell us?

Wrecked buildings in Los Angeles' South Central district following 1992 riots

The 1992 LA riots.

The cosmopolitan Chaucer.

Oliver Cromwell and King Charles I.

The Civil War: everything you wanted to know.

Saturday lecture: Medieval food.

Equestrian portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer from the Ellesmere manuscript of his Canterbury Tales (14th century). "The world in which Chaucer moved was very outward-looking," says Marion Turner. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Cosmopolitan Chaucer: the 14th-century poet’s inventive, international life.

Two members of the BEF (British Expeditionary Forces)

Indian soldiers at Dunkirk.

Charles II and his parties

Was Charles II too randy to rule?.

An engraving depicting a scene of chaos at Bethlem Royal Hospital

Bethlem Royal Hospital: why did the infamous Bedlam asylum have such a fearsome reputation?