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Agriculture

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Animals

Photo of the Parthenon in Greece

Archaeology

St Paul’s Cathedral

Architecture

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Art history

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Black history

Dunluce Castle ruins

Castles and palaces

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Crime and punishment

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Culture

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Food and drink

3-D Movie Viewers

Historical films

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History in the home

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Industrial revolution

Painting of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille

Kings and queens

People march with a large rainbow flag in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Image by Photolibrary / Getty Images Plus)

LGBTQ+ history

Illustration of a Medieval Scribe

Literature

A Royal Navy 28 gun frigate c1794

Maritime history

Doctor bleeding a patient

Medicine and health

The charge of the light, battle illustration

Military history

Ancient Griffin-lion relief

Myths and legends

Soldiers at Nazi Party Rally in Nuremberg

Nazi Germany

10 Downing Street, the residence of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. (Photo by Getty Images)

Politics

Lucy Worsley

Popular historians

The Last Supper

Religion

Isaac Newton investigating light

Science and technology

Illustration of a couple

Sex and love

Dockers unloading wine barrels

Social history

Painting of Daniel Mendoza

Sport and leisure

Boys watching TV in the 1950s

TV and radio

Illustration of strange creatures

Weird and wonderful history

Photo of Mabel Capper and Patricia Woodlock advertising a meeting, Manchester, Lancashire, July 1908

Women's history

Revolution and war

A fierce clash between colonists and British troops in Boston on 5 March 1770

American war of Independence

French revolution

Russian civil war, 1919

Russia-Ukraine

Civil war

Soldiers in the Crimean War

The Crimean War

Social History

Video podcastRoman slavery: a brutal life in the ancient empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rune stone. (Photo by Getty Images)

Reading the runes: what we can learn about everyday life in the Viking Age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“Impaled on a stake and left to die”: crime, punishment and law enforcement in ancient Egypt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A collage showing historical babies. Edward VI as a baby, Edward VIII as a baby, and a depiction of the baby Jesus.

Historical baby names: a guide to baby name trends from the Anglo-Saxons to today

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Kings and Queens

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

Oliver Cromwell's postal spies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth I and James VI & I (Photo by Getty Images and Alamy)

From Tudor to Stuart: the succession of 1603. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastCatherine de' Medici: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Women's History

Emily Anderson. (Illustration by Cat O’Neil)

Amazing livesEmily Anderson: the secret life of Britain's most senior female wartime codebreaker. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elżbieta Zawacka pictured on her Poznań University ID in 1927

Amazing livesThe story of Agent Zo: the fearless female resistance fighter of WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A c1800 depiction of Gulbadan Begum smoking while seated on a throne-like armchair.

Gulbadan Begum: the Mughal Jane Austen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroMarianna Spring chooses Nellie Bly. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Weird and wonderful

King Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty

What was the Erfurt Latrine Disaster?

Video podcastPractical magic: curses, spells & cunning folk. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Practical magic: curses, spells & cunning folk. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A baby sits on a toilet and pulls toilet paper from a roll

General History

A brief history of the toilet: wiping, washing – plus, who invented the flush?

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TV and Radio

David Olusoga looking out to houses.

History TV and radio in the UK: what's on our screens this week?

Should period dramas reflect modern sensibilities? (Photo by Hugh Cowling)

Should period dramas reflect modern sensibilities?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Author/veterinarian Dr. James Alfred Wight (pen name James Herriot) holding up a black cat that he is examining at his veterinary surgery.

Who was the real James Herriot?The true story behind All Creatures Great and Small

Lee Miller and Kate Winslet.

Second World War

Who was Lee Miller?The model-turned-war correspondent who photographed WW2 horrors

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