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Composite image featuring a portrait of Winston Churchill over scenes of the Nuremberg Trials and soldiers carrying out wartime executions.

Second World War

Before the Nuremberg Trials, this was Winston Churchill’s shocking plan for Nazi war criminals

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How can the past help us understand the UK monarchy's current crisis?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A section of the Bayeux Tapestry showing several mounted Norman figures riding left across the scene. The men wear simple tunics and carry spears; their horses are stylised with patterned manes. On the right, a nobleman holds a falcon on his gloved hand, indicating a falconry scene. Decorative animals and small trees fill the border, and a line of Latin text runs above the figures.

Is the Bayeux Tapestry in "mortal danger"? I think that's the wrong question to ask

"She was like an angel – albeit one with claws": Zandra Rhodes chooses Adel Rootstein (1930–62) as her history hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roman mosaic showing two children in tunics, one running and the other holding a small animal, set against a blue patterned background.

This ordinary ancient Roman object is still used today – and has hardly changed

"It was the greatest act of violence for 66 million years": why the modern world was born of bloodshed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The real women behind Europe's greatest legends. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How Nazi investigators used secret tools to create Hitler’s Holocaust ‘hitlist’. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 5Chevalier D’Eon | A cross-dressing 18th-century CELEBRITY spy?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Why Rome fell. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Following the footsteps of a WW2 prisoner of war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A modern illustration shows a man dressed in a grey and red hooded outfit, knelt on the ground with a wooden bucket behind him and a lit lantern in front of him. He is shovelling a pile of poo

Think your job is bad? These 17 occupations from the past were much, much worse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 3Magna Carta: why didn't King John keep his word?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient Egyptian wall painting showing a seated scribe writing on a papyrus scroll,.

General ancient history

3,100 years ago, ancient Egyptian workers defeated a God-King – without using any weapons

A digital collage featuring a Victorian-era woman in formal dress at the centre. Behind her are layered images including industrial smokestacks, ornate patterns, playing cards, and text from the book “The Mabinogion” by Lady Charlotte Guest. The overall style blends historical portraiture with abstract and industrial elements.

10 children and 12,000 pieces of art: the remarkable life of Lady Charlotte Schreiber. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Toilets through time, from sponges on sticks to medieval privies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to be a Victorian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ancient Greek sculpture showing a seated healer examining a youth, with another figure holding a staff wrapped by a snake.

General ancient history

The ancient Greeks had six essential tips for health. How many do you do?

A black and white illustration showing two men dressed in dark clothing and hats sitting in a rowing boat. One of them sits halfway in the boat, holding the oars. The other is leant over the front of the boat and is pulling the body of a woman out of the water. Behind them is a bridge with two large arches underneath it

He's the Victorian serial killer you've never heard of – and we may now know who he was. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A composite image of Henry VIII against a backdrop of mysterious illustrations.

The Tudor law that forced an occult practice underground for centuries

"The streets will run with blood!": the uprising that shook Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An Inuit hunter pursues a walrus from a skin-covered kayak in a historical illustration. Lightweight, seal-skin watercraft like these were a foundation of Arctic life, enabling hunters to travel, hunt and survive across some of the most dangerous waters on the planet.

4,500 years ago, Arctic Greenland's Paleo-Inuit made terrifying ocean voyages. Why did they risk it?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 4The Zong massacre | A murderous insurance scam that exposed slavery’s horrors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

A photo collage featuring three images. On the top left is a black and white photograph of a group of men and women pulling an aeroplane. On the bottom left is a black and white photograph of five men, three in military uniform, standing outside a hut that is advertising fish and chips. On the right is an image of a large group of soldiers walking through a city, holding large flags.

Fascism? No thanks! Why Britain rejected extremism in the 1930s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The ruthless revolution that made Britain great. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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London 1908 was the weirdest Winter Olympics in history – and here's why. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.