Period

Wild places & wild people: a short history of common land.

A painting shows Napoleon’s retreat from Moscow in October 1812. Tens of thousands of his troops perished over the winter months that followed

What if…Napoleon had defeated Russia?.

General History

LGBT+ history podcast episodes

The forgotten years that forged Wales.

A street in Whitechapel: the last crime of Jack the Ripper, from 'Le Petit Parisien', 1891.

Historical cold casesMurder in the year of the Ripper.

A depiction of Empress Wu Zetian

Empress Wu ZetianThe only woman to rule China

How six women programmed the world’s first modern computer.

A Japanese tattoo artist at work on a large scale tattoo design on the back of a woman, Japan, circa 1940.

Tattoo historyThe stories of 11 inked individuals.

A composite image showing the Edwardians

QuizHow well do you know the Edwardian era?.

Tattoos: a 5,000 year history.

Railway history: everything you wanted to know.

Episode 1The Holocaust with Laurence Rees – Beginnings.

OpinionWhy the Edwardian era remains relevant today.

Forgotten histories of the Holocaust.

HMS Bittern on fire and severely damaged after a German air attack in Namsos fjord, 30 April 1940. Both sides sustained heavy losses in the battle of Norway but the German navy was less able to absorb these than its British foe. (Photo by Topfoto)

Second World War

Narvik in contextHow battle for Norway in 1940 saved Britain

Episode 2The Holocaust with Laurence Rees – Radicalisation.

Episode 3The Holocaust with Laurence Rees – Mass extermination.

An Edwardian family seated at a dinner table

What was life like for women in Edwardian Britain?

An audacious kidnapping in 1970s Paris.

A composite image showing an astronaut on the moon against a purple sky.

ConspiracyDid NASA fake the Moon landing?

Dido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray by David Martin, c1779.

What great paintings sayDido Elizabeth Belle and Lady Elizabeth Murray by David Martin, c1779.

Edward Tull-Warnock, who qualified as one of the first black dentists in Britain

The forgotten contributions of black Edwardians in Britain.

Blood, sweat & marble: examining ancient bodies.

Vanessa Bell, the sister of Virginia Woolf and wife of art critic Clive Bell, all of whom were members of the Bloomsbury Group.

Famous EdwardiansFrom Beatrix Potter to Captain Robert F Scott.

A journey along the Iron Curtain.

Nancy Astor campaigning

How the battle for female suffrage in Britain was won.

King Edward VII in his coronation robes.

Edward VIIA guide to the king who ruled over the Edwardian age

Lawn tennis was a popular activity amongst the upper classes in the Edwardian period.

Daily life in the Edwardian era: from hobbies to gadgets

Fleeing revolution: Russian exiles in Paris.

Mavia of Tanukh, illustration by Lynn Hatzius

Mavia Of TanukhWarrior queen of Arabia.