Period

Ancient Rome special.

In pictures: Medieval women

Gebelein Man

The big questions of ancient Egypt

A Royal Navy battle

The Royal Navy’s American disaster.

Monument to Alexander von Humboldt

Books interview with Andrea Wulf: "Alexander von Humboldt is the forgotten father of environmentalism".

Was Henry VIII a good king?

First World War

Life of the Week: Kaiser Wilhelm II

An undated portrait of Hypatia

My history hero: Hypatia (cAD 370–415).

Bali, Indonesia

My favourite place: Bali, Indonesia

Bletchley Park

WW2 espionage: The spies who surprised me.

The Death of General Wolfe

The Georgian craze for popular history

The end of the Cold War and British culture.

White horse of Uffington

Who were the Celts?.

BBC History Magazine

Announcing the winner and runners-up of the Inspiring History Writing competition

In pictures: Egypt – faith after the pharaohs

Frank McEachran: the real-life model for The History Boys’ star Hector.

Books interview with Mary Beard.

Richard III: A hostage to fortune.

“Studying history is the ultimate passport to the future”

Q&AWhy do we say ‘in the limelight’?

World War Two spies and an extraordinary naturalist.

Students at the Royal High School celebrate their A-Level results outside school in August 2007 in Bath, UK. (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)

BBC History Magazine

Study History: Tips from an admissions tutor

Life of the Week: Ian Fleming

BBC History Magazine

Historian Lisa Jardine dies aged 71

The Last Kingdom and Agincourt.

17 unmissable battles podcasts

A 1985 production of 'Julius Caesar'. For all their despotism, Romans thanked their first three emperors for delivering them from the curse of civil war. (Photo by Jean-Jacques BERNIER/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

The glorious Caesars.

A year in medieval England.

My favourite place: Tracy Borman

Tixall Gatehouse, Staffordshire. (Photo by The Landmark Trust)

10 of Britain’s most amazing landmark buildings.