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Empire: the big historical questions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

1066: the pope and the conqueror. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Industrial revolution

Q&AWhy do we say ‘get the sack’?

Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson: a tale of tragedy and survival in the Antarctic. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why Bond and the Beatles ruled the sixties. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thousands gathered in Portugal in October 1917 to witness the Miracle of the Sun.

Miracle of the SunWhy thousands gathered in 1917 to witness a solar vision

Ian McEwan on writing historical novels. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historical recipeRoly-poly pudding. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Unesco world heritage site of Hadrian's Wall. (Photo by Getty Images)

Black British historyBlack Britannia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two-Penny Whist, published January 11, 1796, James Gillray (English, 1756-1815), published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818), England, Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper, 231 × 334 mm (image), 247 × 350 mm (plate), 270 × 384 mm (sheet). (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

15 minutes of fameHannah Greig chooses Hannah Humphrey

Mary Rose being risen from the sea (Picture by Alamy))

Raising the Mary RoseThe quest to save Henry VIII's lost warship. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 6Protecting the wreck. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 5The mysterious men on-board. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 4Inside the Tudor treasure trove. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Henry VIII, King of England from 1509-1547

"Hopes and dreams"Why the Mary Rose was so important to Henry VIII. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Congo-Océan railroad’s deadly history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St George lances a dragon

Tips from historyHow do you really kill a dragon?

The Mary Rose shown in the Anthony Roll (1546), a record of Henry VIII’s navy

Six theoriesWhat caused the Mary Rose to sink?

15 minutes of fameRediscovering forgotten figures. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 3The fatal final moments. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 2The Tudor heyday of Henry VIII’s warship. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 1Raising the wreck. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black British history: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Russian men called up to fight attend a ceremony to mark their departure

Russia-Ukraine conflictHow the latest developments echo the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hilary Mantel, pictured in Oxford in 2017

Hilary Mantel remembered“She changed the way we think about history”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Harry Lloyd (Richard III) and Sally Hawkins (Philippa Langley) in The Lost King

The Lost KingThe difficult art of turning a true story into a movie

Richard III returns. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Robert Harris on the manhunt for Charles I’s killers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General ancient history

Ancient history podcast episodes

Anti-Chinese prejudice: from gold rushes to exclusion laws. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.