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In pictures: Frank Sinatra at 100

A history of red hair and amazing animals.

Where, in Ancient Egypt, did people live?

The Battle of the Atlantic and the history of Spain.

John F Kennedy pictured in 1957

My history hero: John F Kennedy (1917–63).

The famous Big Pit Mining Museum in South Wales

History explorer: Britain’s coal industry.

A canal in Venice, Italy

My favourite place: Venice, Italy

Making of Blodeuwedd, the false flower-woman of Welsh myth. (Photo by Ivy Close Images/Alamy)

Celtic myths: the tales that might have inspired Star Wars and Harry Potter.

Statue of Napoleon I toppled

La débâcle! The aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War.

Who hijacked Henry VIII’s will?.

Q&AWho executed King Charles I?

Witness Walls in West Yorkshire

The LibraryHistory explorer: The Brontës.

BBC History Magazine

My favourite place: Ian Kershaw

A brief history of how we fell in love with caffeine and chocolate.

Charles VI of France (1380–1422)

Owain Glyndwr: The last Welsh Prince of Wales.

A view over Munich, Germany

My Favourite Place: Munich, Germany

Shakespeare in 1606 and Olympic swimmers.

5 surprising Tudor facts.

Recipes from the Tudor kitchen.

Francis Drake

Life of the Week: Sir Francis Drake

The Peasants’ Revolt and a Cold War spy.

BBC History Magazine

In pictures: treasures of the Al Thani Collection

BBC History Magazine

In pictures: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer

Lady Margaret Douglas, a close relative of Henry VIII. Her romantic liaisons landed her in the Tower of London on more than one occasion. (Photo by Florilegius/SSPL/Getty Images)

Margaret Douglas: The forgotten Tudor princess.

9 strange facts about the history of apples.

(Photo by Getty Images)

Q&AHow did ancient Egyptians mummify a body?

In pictures: Alice in Wonderland

7 phases of the history of Artificial intelligence.

A vintage photograph showing an unknown man standing behind a stall selling lemonade, root beer and ice cream – among other things.

Q&AWho invented lemonade?

A section of the Seikilos epitaph, the oldest surviving complete musical composition in the world

Q&AWhat is the oldest-known song?