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Industrial revolution

Q&AWhy do we say ‘get the sack’?

Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson: a tale of tragedy and survival in the Antarctic

Why Bond and the Beatles ruled the sixties

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

Historical recipeRoly-poly pudding

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

Black British historyBlack Britannia

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

Episode 6Protecting the wreck

Episode 5The mysterious men on-board

Episode 4Inside the Tudor treasure trove

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

"Hopes and dreams"Why the Mary Rose was so important to Henry VIII

The Congo-Océan railroad’s deadly history

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

Episode 3The fatal final moments

Episode 2The Tudor heyday of Henry VIII’s warship

Episode 1Raising the wreck

Black British history: everything you wanted to know

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

Russia-Ukraine conflictHow the latest developments echo the Second World War

Hilary Mantel, pictured in Oxford in 2017

Hilary Mantel remembered“She changed the way we think about history”

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

Robert Harris on the manhunt for Charles I’s killers

General ancient history

Ancient history podcast episodes

Anti-Chinese prejudice: from gold rushes to exclusion laws

Image of Aina Forbes Bonetta and her husband, James Davies (GettyImages-3318942)

15 minutes of fameHannah Cusworth chooses Aina Forbes Bonetta

Paterson Joseph and Ignatius Sancho

My history heroPaterson Joseph chooses Ignatius Sancho