Where history happened

My favourite place: Bruges, Belgium

Old Wardour Castle

Britain’s 7 most amazing ruins

8 of Britain’s best historical houses and gardens

8 of Britain’s best battlefields

Amber Fort, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Jaipur, India

The Royal Opera House. (Getty Images)

History Explorer: Opera in Britain

A view of Old Trail Town, a collection of historic western buildings and artifacts, located in Cody, Wyoming. (Photo by Mladen Antonov/AFP/Getty Images)

General Early Modern

My favourite place: Cody, Wyoming

The University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford

The LibraryHistory explorer: The Oxford Martyrs

View of the Cathedral Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence, Italy. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Florence, Italy

High Victorian style garden designed by James Bateman. (Getty Images)

History explorerVictorian gardens

British prime minister Winston Churchill greeting the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. From left to right: Princess Elizabeth II; the Queen Mother; Churchill, King George VI and Princess Margaret. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Buckingham Palace’s balcony: a focal point for national celebration

Living through Partition

Ironbridge over the river Severn in Telford, England. (Getty Images)

History explorer: The power of British iron

Tower Bridge: Uncovering the history of a London landmark

The big question: Is Africa a prisoner of its past?

Elfreth's Alley, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the oldest residential street in the United States. (Photo by John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images)

History Explorer: Philadelphia, USA

Video: Historian Dan Jones on the Great Fire of London 1666

Portico entrance of Oxford's famous Ashmolean Museum. (Dreamstime)

History explorerThe history of British museums

Government troops patrol a village during the Salvadoran Civil War

The end of El Salvador's civil war

America in World War One and a naval tragedy

Robin Hood statue outside Nottingham Castle. (Getty Images)

History Explorer: the legend of Robin Hood

The Russian revolution and myths of ancient Egypt

BBC History Magazine

Special offer: Tickets only £5 to join Bettany Hughes for an evening on the history of Istanbul

A history of Istanbul

Bettany Hughes on the history of Istanbul

Roman amphitheatre in Caerleon, Wales. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

History Explorer: The Roman army in Britain

Bethlehem. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Bethlehem, West Bank

Leopold II statue. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: the Belgian coast

The secrets of 6 of Britain’s most famous castles – with Dan Jones

A dirt road in the Alabama Hills of the Eastern Sierra Nevada. The road leads to Mount Whitney and Lone Pine Peak. (Photo by Mimi Ditchie Photography/Getty Images)

My favourite place: California, USA