Period

George III and the art of anatomy

17th-century 'Great British Bake Off' recipes

Six wives of Henry VIII

The six wives of Henry VIII quiz

Photo of the American flag

Q&AWhat was the first ‘Star Spangled Banner’?

BBC History Magazine

Top five hauntings in history

Archaeologist Howard Carter opens the coffin of Tutankhamun. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

How did Tutankhamun die?

The bloody world of Georgian female boxing

The long history of the Crusades

Man biting a bullet

Q&AWhy do we say ‘bite the bullet’?

Picture of Lord Kitchener's recruitment poster

First World War

Q&AWas the British army ready for war in 1914?

Q&AWhy do we say 'saved by the bell'?

Top 10 Tudor stories

Top 10 Plantagenet podcasts – from the Black Death to Richard III

Quiz - Would you have been accepted to join the army and fight in WW1 in August 1914?

Richard III had lavish diet of swan and wine, new forensic study reveals

Portrait of Hendrik Witbooi

My history hero: Hendrik Witbooi (born c1830)

Kathryn Ferry, UK seaside expert in Hastings, East Sussex

History explorer: The interwar holiday revolution

A colour image of military guns during World War One

First World War

The First World War in colour

Panic ensues in this depiction of the Peterloo Massacre, published in 1819. (The art archive/Getty Images)

Why were there so few casualties at Peterloo?

10 golden rules of fitness for First World War soldiers

James Bond and Vichy France

Photo of HMS Hood

Second World War

Q&AWhy did HMS Hood sink so quickly in 1941?

Photo of cherry bakewells

Q&AIs the Bakewell tart really from Bakewell?

A portrait of Janice Hadlow

Janice Hadlow"The picture of George III’s family is often sad – these are genuinely thwarted lives"

10 tips for surviving on the home front during the Second World War

The ruins of the Temple of Apollo, Delphi, Greece. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Delphi, Greece

The global First World War

5 facts about Caligula

10 astronomers you’ve (probably) never heard of

An illustration of a Tudor street

“Mooke, fylthe and other vyle things”: Tudor dirt and dung