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Simon Schama on the Holocaust.

The 'Scramble for Africa': everything you wanted to know.

A portrait of Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, English naval commander. One of Britain's greatest military figures, Admiral Nelson (1758-1805) was the victor at a number of naval battles in the Napoleonic Wars, most famously, Trafalgar (1805) where he was fatally wounded. (Photo by Getty images)

“A monster of egotism”: Dominic Sandbrook reveals the secret to Admiral Nelson’s unstoppable success

A Nazi in Chile: did an SS commander work for Pinochet?.

A portrait of King George III overlayed against an 18th century map of America

This forgotten 18th-century sex scandal almost overturned the British Army’s hierarchy

A character from Atomfall in front of the Windscale nuclear facility.

Britain’s worst nuclear disaster: the Windscale fire of 1957

Cleopatra, Julius Caesar and Mark Antony: how the last pharaoh's love affairs shaped Ancient Egypt's fate

Engraved portrait of British poet and politician John Milton

John Milton: the Paradise Lost author who challenged the status quo

Tariffs and trade wars: a history of economic warfare.

An illustration of the coronation of King Henry III in the 13th century.

Was Henry III the worst king in medieval history? Our expert uncovers one of England's most disastrous reigns

Wrens worked as code-breakers at Bletchley Park.

Second World War

The female codebreakers of Bletchley Park

A man on a ladder brushes over vintage images of household goods and cars

Trump's tariffs: “They are dramatic only if you have a short historical memory”

Historical anniversariesApril

Why we shouldn't see museum artefacts as 'stolen'.

The Belle Époque: everything you wanted to know.

Portraits of William and Ellen Craft

A “desperate leap for liberty”: how Ellen and William Craft made a daring escape from slavery.

Episode 6Caernarfon Castle.

The swordplay’s the thing: Henry VIII's Masters of Defence and the thrilling world of 16th-century fencing.

The radio revolution: how Britain found its frequency.

Body in the basement: Dr Crippen and the 'crime of the century'.

A colourised depiction of Julius Caesar wearing a laurel wreath and an armour.

The shockingly simple question historian Tom Holland would ask Julius Caesar

Episode 5Buckingham Palace.

HistoryExtra AcademyRoyal Residences, with Kate Williams.

The triumph of the Anglo-Saxons: how the kingdom of Mercia powered the rise of England.

A medieval mystery: the green-coloured children found in an English village.

Did Ronald Reagan 'Make America Great Again'?.

How Queen Victoria's aunt broke free of an abusive marriage.

Michael Wood on an astonishing Hindu pilgrimage.

Thomas Becket: life of week.

A medieval knight in a suit of armour fighting with a monk.

Why reporting a murder in medieval England could destroy your life