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Richard Coles and Lorenzo Da Ponte

My history heroRichard Coles chooses Lorenzo Da Ponte. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mein Kampf: Hitler's dark vision for the future. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This 19th-century chromolithograph depicts flagellants in Tournai in 1349, publicly scourging themselves in response to the Black Death. Known as the Brothers of the Cross, such groups believed self-punishment could help cleanse society of divine wrath.

It felt like the end of the world, but this medieval ‘apocalypse’ left a legacy no one saw coming

In a white hexagonal frame, there is a black and white image of a playground, with a young boy on a white rocking horse. The background is green

Swings and roundabouts: a history of Britain's playgrounds. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King vs parliament: the moment that sparked civil war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lucius Marcius Septimus, a Roman officer active during the Second Punic War in 3rd-century BC Hispania.

Could you have survived as a Roman soldier? Here's the surprising truth about life in the ancient army

The Mitford Sisters | Part Two: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From fatal foliage to the perils of ploughing: the Tudor calendar of death. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Slavery on the medieval Silk Road. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

J Robert Oppenheimer (left), and Cillian Murphy

Is Oppenheimer a true story? Meet the real Robert Oppenheimer, ‘father of the atomic bomb’

The history of women's football: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Bayeux Tapestry shows Harold Godwinson, Earl of Wessex — and future king — with a hawk, riding to Bosham for hunting and sea fishing. This scene offers a rare glimpse into elite pastimes on the eve of the Norman Conquest

After 1066, a medieval millionaire buried his fortune underground – why did he never reclaim it?

Flying ‘the hump’: the US pilots who navigated treacherous skies above the Himalayas in WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Live Aid: pop's Big Bang moment. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This 7th-century BC relief from the palaces of Nineveh shows Assyrian king Ashurbanipal hunting lions — a dramatic symbol of strength and kingship in ancient Mesopotamia.

General ancient history

On ancient battlefields, the world's oldest civilisations turned beloved pets into weapons of war

Caesar's funeral drama: anger and revenge after death. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Bayeux Tapestry depicts the Normans sailing across the channel

The Bayeux Tapestry: a political football for 900 years

Diana Spencer, wearing a red top

What created the Diana phenomenon? The origin story of the ‘people’s princess. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Exploring the medieval world with Marco Polo. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A visitor looks at the Bayeux Tapestry

The Bayeux Tapestry is finally coming home to Britain – and you can see it next year

A female agent serving in Special Operations Executive (SOE) during the Second World War.

Second World War

Step inside the covert WW2 spy network that trained women to kill with their bare hands

The Mitford Sisters | Part One: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

HistoryExtra AcademyWW1 Myths and Misconceptions, with Alex Churchill. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A collage of pictures shows a black woman wearing a spotty dress in the foreground to the right. To the left, an image of Rosa Parks being fingerprinted by a police officer, with a bus and several slogans in the background

Suing for equality: how Sarah Mae Flemming began the legal fight against segregation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to wage war like a Roman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Beyond the trenches: a new take on WW1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 2Was it possible to be neutral in World War One?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 3Beyond the trenches: untold stories of WW1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 1Did Franz Ferdinand's death really start World War One?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Be wary of technology’s big promises, but roll with the changes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.