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Historical echoes of the Ukraine war.

Joseph Chamberlain (far right) pictured with his sons Neville (far left) and Austen, daughter Hilda (front left) and third wife, Mary Endicott (Photo by Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Chamberlain and Cadbury of BirminghamThe first families in Britain’s second city.

Allied troops hide from enemy shelling during the battle of Caen. The town was finally captured after several weeks of intensive fighting. The white markings on their shoulders were later added to the photograph by a censor to hide the name of the battalion. (Photo by Hulton-Deutsch/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images)

The battle for Normandy: what happened after D-Day?.

Plato: the world’s greatest philosopher?.

The crusader statesWhat was life like?

British Army tanks are unloaded on to Gold Beach on D-Day

D-Day quizTest your knowledge of the Normandy Landings.

A joint British-Jewish patrol in Palestine during the 1936–39 Arab Revolt (Photo by Bridgeman Images)

How Britain stirred the cauldron of conflict in Palestine.

How women helped sustain the slave trade.

Men kiss in a medieval illumination.

Are some LGBTQ histories being overlooked?.

Henry III of England.

David Carpenter on Henry III“He was not a great king but he was respected as a most Christian one”.

The fall and rise of Henry III.

Q&AWhat was the fascination behind Tudor codpieces?

The SAS in WW2: everything you wanted to know.

Sex, scandal and slander: who was Messalina?

Elizabeth is borne from Westminster Abbey in a gold coach first used for the state opening of parliament by George III in 1762. (Getty Images)

Becoming Queen: Elizabeth II’s coronation

William Caxton shows off his new press in Westminster to Edward IV in a 19th-century painting (Photo by Artepics / Alamy Stock Photo)

How William Caxton printed the first-ever book in English.

Plot or paranoia? The Amboyna conspiracy trial.

Geoffrey Chaucer5 key things to know

Messalina: sex, slander & scandal in imperial Rome.

Paris became a charnel house during the St Bartholomew’s Day massacre, as shown in this painting by François Dubois (Photo By DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini via Getty Images)

General Early Modern

Catholics vs HuguenotsYour guide to the French Wars of Religion

Amazing archaeological discoveries that trounce Indiana Jones.

(l-r): Thomas Turgoose, Charlotte Ockelton, Sophie McShera and Michael Socha star as members of the Hartley clan in BBC Two series The Gallows Pole (Photo by BBC Pictures)

The Gallows PoleThe true story of the Cragg Vale Coiners

Prime minister Ramsay MacDonald (left) and chancellor Philip Snowden (right) at 10 Downing Street in 1929, two years before they formed a controversial National Government (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Alleged coups and government traitors: conspiracy theories in 20th-century British politics.

Living the life of luxury with the Persians & Greeks.

A 1380s depiction of the Knights of the Round Table. Their heroics were routinely celebrated at medieval feasts (Photo by Heritage Images / Contributor / Getty Images)

6 ingredients for a memorable medieval feast.

A uniformed US soldier plants American flags at gravesites on Memorial Day

Memorial DayA brief history

The waxing crescent moon rises over frosty rocks near the small settlement of Sligachan, on the Isle of Skye, Scotland.

Danny Robin's paranormal cold casesA Highlands horror story.

Simon Schama on how inoculation changed the world.

General History

ChomolungaWhy is Mount Everest called Everest?

Mountaineering on Everest: everything you want to know.