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A portrait of 17th-century scholar John Wilkins

Ye final frontier: the 17th-century space race.

An Indian cricket team in imperial Britain. (Photo by Elliott & Fry/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

An Indian cricket team in imperial Britain.

Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark. The BBC television drama is putting Cornwall’s coastline at risk of "over-tourism” as visitors flock to the area to visit the show's scenic filming locations, tourism chiefs have warned. (Photo by BBC/Mammoth Screen/Mike Hogan)

Poldark, Peaky Blinders and 6 other historical TV shows that have tourists flocking to Britain

Back down to Earth: the legacy of the 1969 moon landing.

4 historical cricketing curiosities.

Illustration by Kate Hazell for BBC History Magazine.

From Churchill and Roosevelt to May and Trump: 75 years of the 'special relationship' between the US and the UK.

Britain’s 7 most amazing stately homes

Clash between the English Temeraire and the French Redoutable ships during the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

The battle of Trafalgar.

Dornier 217 bombers of the Luftwaffe bomb London during the Battle of Britain. "The crucial role of the RAF in denying the Germans control of the air in 1940 and therefore persuading Hitler to abandon his invasion plans is so well known that it might seem almost sacrilegious to question it, " says Sean Lang. "But was it solely responsible for saving Britain from invasion? Not quite." (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

9 of the most overrated battles in history (and one underrated one).

Illustrations by Ian Morris.

The Civil War cross-dressers: the women who swapped dresses for breeches

Professor Dame Janet L Nelson has published extensively on early medieval Europe. She is professor emeritus at King's College London, a fellow of the British Academy and a former president of the Royal Historical Society. Her previous books include 'Charles the Bald' (1992) and 'The Frankish World' (1996). (Photograph by Frank Monks)

Books interview with Janet Nelson: "The only way this huge regime could work was by Charlemagne trusting his own instincts".

Winner takes all: A painting shows the French ship 'Redoutable' clashing with the British 'Temeraire'. "Regardless of the victory off Cape Trafalgar, it was another decade before Britain and her allies defeated Napoleon. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Trafalgar, a futile victory? Why Nelson's triumph didn't turn the tide on Napoleon.

History ExplorerThe Holy Island of Lindisfarne

A medieval European union: why the Hanseatic League still matters.

Back on Planet Earth: what world did Neil Armstrong leave behind in 1969?.

The ruins of Dunluce Castle, which sit on the coastal cliffs of North Antrim in Northern Ireland. They are thought to have been the inspiration for CS Lewis’s castle Cair Paravel in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ (1950–56). (Photo by Andrea Ricordi/Contributor/Getty Images)

9 of Britain’s best castles.

Explore Buenos Aires, Argentina: infused with Latin beauty.

Charles I. (Photo by World History Archive/Alamy)

King killers in America.

An illustration of the battle of Agincourt. By attacking over unsuitable ground, Charles d’Albret “doomed his army”, says Rupert Matthews. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The top 10 military blunders in history.

c1916: British soldiers sitting around a lamp in their trench. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

First World War

10 First World War slang words we still use today

A closer look at the Staffordshire Hoard.

St Fagans Castle and gardens

A visit to St Fagans National Museum of History, Cardiff.

AC Grayling on the history of philosophy.

The 'Afghan Elvis': the extraordinary life of Ahmad Zahir.

England Women's World Cup squad, Mexico, 1971

The 1971 Women's World Cup: game changers?.

Trading blows: Rana Mitter on the US-China Trade War.

Revealed: the history of America’s national anthem

The Repton Stone with detail of mounted warrior.

The problem with the Anglo-Saxons.

Out of the closets and into the streets: the legacy of the Stonewall Riots.

Construction of a medieval church

Bravado or blunder? Architectural fails of medieval church builders.