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Paterson Joseph and Ignatius Sancho

My history heroPaterson Joseph chooses Ignatius Sancho

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General History

Black British historyA timeline of key moments

Photo of the Jarrow March

The Jarrow marchThe lasting legacy of the 1936 protest

Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, c1860, (left) and actor Devrim Lingnau as Elisabeth in Netflix drama The Empress.

Sisi: the tragic life of the lost and lonely Empress Elisabeth of Austria

WW2’s most daring raid

The election of Giorgia Meloni as Italy’s first female prime minister

The rise of Giorgia Meloni“It makes plain the strange way a dictator has retained a positive image in many sectors of Italian society”

Image of mersu balls. (Shutterstock ID 1681908751)

Historical recipeMersu

BaburDynasty founder and diarist

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

New light on the end of Roman Britain

Sara Forbes Bonetta (seated besides her husband James Davies was brought to England in the late 1840s by a Navy captain. Presented to Queen Victoria, she impressed the monarch so much that Victoria became her godmother

Black History MonthWhat is it, historians on its relevance, plus 7 articles you should read

The Knights Templar: everything you wanted to know

Scene of the 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' at the Disney World in Orlando, Florida, 1971

Why we should remember...The day Walt Disney World Resort in Florida welcomed its first guests

Clash of cultures: how interpreters bridged the gap between Britain and China

The skeleton exhumed from beneath a Leicester car park in 2012. The remains contained features matching Tudor descriptions of Richard III, and injuries to the skull and body inflicted at the battle of Bosworth in 1485

Rediscovering Richard IIIThe story of how a lost king was found

A missionary preaches to the Native Americans of Massachusetts, c1650. By now, colonists were imposing their values on the indigenous population, encouraging them to dress like the English – and worship the English God. (Photo by Ian Tyas/Keystone/Getty Images)

Britain's nuclear fearsHow has the UK prepared for Armageddon?

Image of Somalians meeting in a cafe

General History

Black British historyKey questions answered

Why we should remember...The pioneering use of ether

What can one woman reveal about Jewish life in medieval England?

Charles V of Spain depicted on a 16th-century gold coin

Kwasi Kwarteng"Wars are bloody expensive – so the only way nations can buy what they need is by printing their own money"

The Napoleon of Fleet Street

Image of spiced carrot pudding

Historical recipeCarrot pudding

Ancient Egyptian papyrus showing cursive hieroglyphs

HieroglyphsYour guide to the mysterious script of the ancient Egyptians

Coloured engraving of Malintzin

General Early Modern

15 minutes of fameCaroline Dodds Pennock chooses Malintzin

The Rosetta Stone is covered in three scripts, which allowed for the translation of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs

Rosetta StoneWhat is it and why is it important?

The Rosetta Stone

The rivalry behind the translation of the Rosetta Stone

Image of Empress Matilda

What if…Empress Matilda had defeated King Stephen?

Adam Henson and Robert Bakewell

My history heroAdam Henson chooses Robert Bakewell

The USSR showcases its military might at the 1961 annual May Day parade in Red Square, Moscow. (Photo by Sovfoto/UIG via Getty Images)

Nuclear fall-out: how the USA & USSR became bitter enemies

Should mummies be on display?

Hannah HumphreyEntrepreneurial Georgian printseller