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A Victorian front cover of Lindisfarne Gospels.

The Lindisfarne Gospels

The master of dressage

6 royal births that rocked a nation

Languishing languages

Erddig, Wrexham

The Royal Artillery Memorial in London is a tribute to the immense power of artillery and its dominant role in the Great War. Pictured here is a bronze statue of a Royal Artillery driver, leaning back against the parapet in an attitude of exhaustion or contemplation. (Photo by View Pictures/UIG via Getty Images)

Where history happened: remembering the Great War

When did Italian replace Latin as the language of Italy?

George G Meade, best known for defeating Confederate General Robert E Lee at the battle of Gettysburg in 1863. (Photo by Matthew Brady/Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

Gettysburg: Lincoln’s greatest victory

My history hero: John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946)

Ye olde travel guide: Astrakhan 1747

What did the ancient Greeks do for us?

BBC History Magazine

Mick Aston obituary

General prehistory

Isle of Tiree, Hebrides

BBC History Magazine

July issue out now

Nazi spies and Viking ships

Kidwelly Castle, Carmarthenshire

A woodcut depicting a witch hanging in England, c17th Century. (Bettmann via Getty Images)

Witches in the dock: 10 of Britain’s most infamous witch trials

Three coal miners. (Photo by W. Eugene Smith/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

History through the eyes of the working man

BBC History Magazine

The 'beautiful' game?

BBC History Magazine

Spitting Blood: The History of Tuberculosis

Q&A: How far back in time would I have to go until I couldn’t understand what people were saying?

Royal Gunpowder Mills, Essex

Elizabeth I: the monarch behind the mask

Illustration by Femke De Jong

The generational shift from home births to hospitals

The 1832 Reform Act made wide-ranging changes to the British electoral system, creating 67 new constituencies, disenfranchising 56 boroughs and reducing another 31 to a single MP. (The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

When the people spoke: the Great Reform Act

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Winnipeg 1913

History heroJo Brand chooses Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–97)

Tironensian communities such as that of Kelso Abbey were particularly popular in Scotland. (Heartland-Arts/Getty Images)

Where history happened: the monastic revolution

A depiction of Hannibal at the battle of Trasimene, which is "today remembered as one of the most stunning victories in military history". (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

A big day in history: Hannibal smashes his foes "at the very gates of Rome"

BBC History Magazine

New Mary Rose museum opens in Portsmouth