Historical people

An image of Hippocrates from the 14th century, sitting and holding a book open in front of him

Ancient Greece

Hippocrates and humours: medicine in ancient Greece

The Spartan king Leonidas at the battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC. The conflict has become the archetype for the courageous last stand, pitting around 200,000 Persians against 7,000 Spartans.

Ancient Greece

Your guide to the battle of Thermopylae

Tourists at the Sphinx and Great Pyramid of Giza in 1923

Ancient Egypt

Who was ancient Egypt’s most successful pharaoh?

Ancient Greek statesman Solon sits on a throne, with a subject petitioning him

Ancient Greece

Who’s who in ancient Greece? Meet 14 influential ancient Greeks

A portrait of a member of the Borgias family

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The Borgias: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Lady Emma Hamilton

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Nelson's sensational mistress: how Emma Hamilton took Europe by storm. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Statue of Ibn Battuta at the Islamic culture center, Quanzhou, Fujian, China

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Ibn Battuta: the most famous traveller of the medieval Arab world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bust of Lorenzo de' Medici

Renaissance

Lorenzo the MagnificentThe astounding life of the ‘delightful tyrant’ of Renaissance Florence

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The forgotten matriarch of the Wars of the Roses. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

William Wallace on trial in 1305

Medieval

William Wallace: who was the Scottish rebel who defied Edward I?

'The Journey of the Magi' by Benozzo Gozzoli, commissioned by Piero the Gouty for the Palazzo Medici Riccardi. It features his son Lorenzo, who would become known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, as one of the three kings

Renaissance

“They were on a level with today’s billionaires” – your guide to the Medici: bankers to the Pope, rulers of Florence, patrons of the Renaissance

Thomas Crapper started a plumbing business in Chelsea in 1861 and pioneered some of the most revolutionary designs of sanitary engineering in the 19th century – but he didn't 'invent' the toilet

Victorian

The legend of Thomas Crapper, the man who didn't invent the toilet

Walter Scott: an engraving after a painting by Sir Thomas Lawrence of the Scottish poet and novelist Sir Walter Scott

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Walter Scott: the man who invented Scotland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The British Royal Family on the balcony of Buckingham Palace on the day of George VI's coronation

20th Century

Britain’s May Queen: your guide to Queen Mary of Teck

Black and white image of a group of five men sat on the floor in a room in Fiji. One of them is pointing at another with a serious expression on his face.

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Cakobau: the first (and last) king of Fiji. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Persian ambassador bows before Louis XIV in the Palace of Versailles

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King of the world: how Louis XIV turned France into a global power. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George Westinghouse, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla

Victorian

Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla: the history behind The Current War

Robespierre is guillotined on 28 July 1794. Had he died two years earlier, his name would now be associated with liberty and equality, argues Marisa Linton. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

General Modern

Robespierre: man of terror

An illustration of the head of Louis XVI

Georgian

Guillotined in the French Revolution: the bloody story through 7 severed heads

A bust of Marcus Aurelius and a detail on Marcus Aurelius’s column in Rome

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Marcus Aurelius: Rome’s reluctant killer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American billionaire Howard Hughes (shown here in a car in 1947) went from a visionary filmmaker to a germ-obsessed recluse, dying in 1976. (Photo by Getty Images)

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“His flesh had rotted, and his bed was full of worms”: 5 of history's most eccentric hermits. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pregnant woman before giving birth in the 13th century

Medieval

16 things you (probably) didn't know about the rituals behind royal births, from the medieval era to the present day

Edward I. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Reassessing Edward I: battle-hungry aggressor or dutiful conqueror?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Margaret of Anjou married Henry VI of England in 1445

Medieval

Margaret of Anjou: a brief guide to the 'She-Wolf of France'

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Censorship, contradiction & controversy: a decade in the life of DH Lawrence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Actor Errol Flynn as Robin Hood in the film 'The Adventures of Robin Hood', 1938. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

Medieval

What's the most accurate Robin Hood film?

A depiction of the Haiti Rebellion. From 1791-1804, the Caribbean isle of Hispaniola burned and convulsed as enslaved Africans rose up in rebellion after rebellion – finally emerging as independent Haiti. (Image by Getty Images)

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The Haitian Revolution: the enslaved Africans who rose up against France. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A scene from Perceval, one of the Arthurian romances attributed to Chretien De Troyes

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Who was Chrétien de Troyes, and why are his Arthurian romances important?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of Brunhilda of Austrasia

Medieval

The real Brunhild? The Visigothic princess behind the Norse saga

Portrait of Carlo Broschi (stage name Farinelli), the most famous opera singer of the 18th century. (Photo By DEA/A. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

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Castrated Georgian opera stars: the stars of the 18th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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