Period

The outrageous heretical legend of Pope Joan, history’s only female pope

How Roman roads transformed Europe.

Hotel Lux: the guesthouse of world revolution.

Scandals: The Victorians | 3. Bone-crushing hunger in Britain’s workhouses.

Scandals: The Victorians | 2. 'Little pills of sugared death’.

Scandals: The Victorians | 5. Corruption down the coalmines.

Susan B Anthony: life of the week.

Scandals: The Victorians | 4. The dark heart of Victorian London.

Scandals: The Victorians | 1. The mother of all sex scandals.

How the compass became a political weapon.

Medieval towns: everything you wanted to know.

Harold Wilson: the rock 'n' roll prime minister.

Sarah Biffin: the brilliant artist who found fame and royal favour – despite having no arms or legs.

Who is buried at Sutton Hoo?.

Paddy Mayne (left), a founding member of the SAS during WW2, and Jack O'Connell (right) who portrays Mayne in BBC drama SAS Rogue Heroes.

The real Paddy Mayne of SAS Rogue Heroes

Second World War

SAS Rogue HeroesThe true story behind the drama

Sex and Christianity: 2,000 years of love and fury.

Historical anniversariesJanuary

Embalmed figure of Jeremy Bentham

“A wax head with his own hair had to suffice”: the horror of Jeremy Bentham’s ‘auto-icon’

Catherine the Great: life of the week.

The Second Norman Conquest.

A portrait of William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody standing in front of his saddle, holding a rifle behind his back.

13 famous cowboys and gunslingers from the history of the American Wild West

St Paul's Cathedral photographed through the smoke after a night when the German air force bombed London

Second World War

"War's greatest picture"? Inside the night St Paul's Cathedral survived the Blitz

The Carolingians: everything you wanted to know.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William the Conqueror in series King and Conqueror

General History

Upcoming in 2025: historical anniversaries, exhibitions and television

The ancient Roman goddess Venus with the gods Vulcan and Cupid, in a painting by Italian artist Sebastiano Ricci (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Roman gods and goddesses: 17 of the most important deities of ancient Rome

Jack O'Connell as Paddy Mayne in SAS Rogue Heroes season 2

Second World War

SAS Rogue Heroes season 2 preview: "They’re very much thumbing their noses at authority"

Queen Victoria receiving the sacrament at her coronation

QuizHow much do you know about the Victorian period?

Martin Shaw and William Shakespeare

My history heroMartin Shaw chooses William Shakespeare.

Portrait of Coch Bach y Bala

Who was ‘The Welsh Houdini’?Coch Bach y Bala, the legendary prison escape artist.