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Njinga: queen, warrior, diplomat.

King Alfonso XIII of Spain, Charles I of England, Puyi of China and Lydia Liliuokalani of Hawaii

The kingdom is deadWhat causes monarchies to fail?.

My history heroPhil Tufnell chooses Denis Compton.

Sirens, succubi & sex symbols: a history of female monsters.

Britain’s WW2 home front: everything you wanted to know.

Episode 3Rome.

THe Crosby Garrett helmet

Why might the definition of treasure be changing? Five things we learnt from our conversation with heritage minister Lord Parkinson.

Frida Kahlo painting

Who was Frida Kahlo?Her life and legacy

Satire & scandal: the printmakers who mocked Georgian society.

General History

Witches history podcast episodes

Sisters in armsThe Women's Liberation Movement

Elizabethan witchcraft: a trial that divided a community.

Video podcastPeter Frankopan on humanity’s long relationship with nature.

Philip Augustus of France (left) and Richard I of England

Medieval masculinityWhat Richard I can tell us about male friendship in the Middle Ages.

The Iraq War, 20 years on.

Black and white photo of a group of women marching while holding a sign saying 'International Women's Day'

A brief history of International Women's Day: what is it and why do we celebrate it?

The paranormal activity at 63 Wycliffe Road prompted a flurry of coverage in tabloids such as the 'Daily Sketch'

Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesThe Battersea Poltergeist.

Volcanoes & nuclear armageddon: humanity’s long relationship with nature.

Suffragettes attempt to attack the house by airship. Miss Muriel Matters with megaphone, Hendon airfields, London. 16th February 1909

Muriel MattersThe well-spoken women’s rights hero.

Rob Roy MacGregor by George Shearer. Scottish folk hero and outlaw.

The real Rob Roy

Meeting the Mughals: England’s disastrous first embassy to India.

Pupils in a museum

General History

QuizHow well do you know Year 9 history?

In partnership with Pearson

Aerial view of the 2,000-year-old Gaziantep Castle in Turkey, showing the damage caused by the earthquakes that hit the nation and neighbouring Syria in February 2023 (Photo by Yan Zhigang/VCG via Getty Images)

Preservation of heritage sites: what happens in the aftermath of a catastrophe?.

Micheal Rosen and Émile Zola

My history heroMichael Rosen chooses Émile Zola.

Medieval women: everything you wanted to know.

Landmarks of Prague

Prague historyCastles, cathedrals and conflict.

Episode 2Prague.

Adventure, betrayal & beetles: the quest for the source of the Nile.

Bust of Heliogabalus

From sex scandals to religious controversy: Rome's forgotten emperor Heliogabalus

An artist’s impression of Frances Saunders printed in an edition of the Weekly Dispatch, in which she was incorrectly named ‘Mrs Francis’

Nell Darby's historical cold casesThe strange case of 'Mr Francis'.