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Q&AWhy were cats so important in Ancient Egypt?

6 trivial decisions that changed British history.

Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton: the man behind the hit musical.

BBC History Magazine

February 2018

My favourite place: Marrakech, Morocco

Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin stands beside an American flag, soon after landing on the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. (Photo by NASA/Liaison)

OpinionWas the Moon landing really a great leap for mankind?.

Churchill’s darkest hour.

Nefertiti

Has the world been blinded by Nefertiti’s beauty?.

Fiona Sampson"Mary never shook off the consequences of eloping with Shelley".

Chetham library

History explorer: Public libraries.

Field Marshal Bill Slim

My history hero: Field Marshal Bill Slim (1891-1970).

Winston Churchill leaves a cabinet meeting

Churchill’s days of destiny.

A painting of Charles I on horseback.

The art of a king.

1917: The world at war.

Alfred the Great and science at Christmas.

1922 in pictures: nationalists, navies, mountains and modernism

Illustation by Femke de Jong.

Michael Wood on Anglo-Saxon Christianity.

The origins of civilisation.

Q&A: When were the first film trailers shown?

Cornwell on Shakespeare.

A baby wears pink.

A brief history of colour.

In pictures: a history of the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures

Eating with Dickens.

A 19th-century depiction of the first meeting of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

History quiz: Christmas with Henry VIII and his wives.

A portrait of Charles Dickens. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

My history hero: Charles Dickens.

An aerial image of Maiden Castle, site of Britain's largest hillfort. (Photo by Robert Harding/Getty Images)

What was life like in the Iron Age? Plus 6 places in Britain to explore.

Illustration by Lynn Hatzius

Britain’s Bonnie and Clyde.

The ruins of the Canadian port of Halifax in the wake of the explosion in December 1917. Almost 2,000 people were killed and 9,000 injured when two ships collided at the height of the First World War. (Photo by Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images)

Catastrophe in Canada.

A British soldier uses a searchlight to spot German aircraft during the Second World War. Britain has lived with the fear of invasion for several centuries, a fact reflected in its architecture, its art and its people’s mental health. (Photo by David Savill/Getty Images)

The LibraryThe island fortress fallacy.

Animals that changed us.