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How Queen Victoria's aunt broke free of an abusive marriage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Wood on an astonishing Hindu pilgrimage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thomas Becket: life of week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A medieval knight in a suit of armour fighting with a monk.

Why reporting a murder in medieval England could destroy your life

An ancient bas-relief from Capri depicts Tiberius – the second Roman emperor – and his lover. His scandalous reputation owes much to the work of Suetonius.

Monsters of Rome: do emperors such as Nero and Caligula deserve their reputations?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Philadelphia gun-runners who supplied the IRA. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroJames Coomarasamy chooses Andrei Sakharov. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Members of the Nazi party examining the Bayeux Tapestry.

Second World War

The strange story of the Nazi obsession with this legendary artefact still isn't over

A depiction of King Æthelred II holding a sword

The St Brice’s Day Massacre: what really happened?

Aethelred II, known as Aethelred the Unready

Aethelred: why was the Anglo-Saxon king called ‘the Unready’?

Why Africa's history is more than just the slave trade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Great Stink: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Handel's Messiah: the scandalous birth of a classical masterpiece. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Basildon Park in Berkshire

The profits of slaveryThe dire impact of empire on Britain's countryside. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A composite image of a dodo in front of a sea and a lighthouse in the background.

How Tibbles the cat single-handedly caused a Victorian-era extinction

The Victorians’ cocaine habit: why 19th-century Britain couldn't get enough of the 'miracle' drug. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The conversationWhat does history say about the climate crisis?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Japanese painting on silk, in a traditional Japanese style, of a Samurai warrior riding a horse.

General Early Modern

The 47 Rōnin: the true story behind the famous Japanese tale of revenge

A depiction of an attack by the 47 ronin

What is a rōnin in Japan, and how is it different to a samurai?

Women killers of the early modern era. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St. Angela Merici explaining rules to eight sisters at founding of Ursuline Order, 17th century.

Why sex was a sin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting of Polyhymnia

You've been getting Roman togas wrong your whole life - here's why

General History

Royal residences: secrets and scandals

Episode 4Hampton Court Palace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 3Conwy Castle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 2Holyrood Palace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 1Hever Castle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rosa Luxemburg: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hever Castle.

Five shocking tales from Britain’s royal palaces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women's hidden role in religious reformation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.