Architecture

Construction of a medieval church

Bravado or blunder? Architectural fails of medieval church builders

The Lindisfarne Stone showing viking warriors

Your guide to the Viking raid of Lindisfarne in AD 793

Marc Morris at BBC History Magazine's 2017 History Weekend (Photo by Steve Sayers)

Secrets of Britain’s castles

Notre Dame of Paris at first light (Photo by Captblack76-Dreamstime.com)

Notre-Dame

Flames and smoke are seen billowing from the roof at Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, 15 April 2019. Yet despite the devastation, the fire is “not the worst chapter in its 850-year history”, argues Dr Emily Guerry. (Patrick Anidjar/AFP/Getty Images)

Notre-Dame fire “not the worst chapter in its 850-year history”

Notre-Dame cathedral, which dates back to 1163. (Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images)

Notre-Dame cathedral: 10 historical facts

Towards the end of the third century BC, the First Emperor of China sought to make his new state immortal by shielding it with what would be the earliest predecessor to the Great Wall. (Photo by Jean-Luc PETIT/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

General ancient history

A brief history of border walls – from 2,000 BC to Trump’s Mexico wall

Penrhyn Castle, Gwynedd, Wales. (Photo by Getty Images)

5 British castles with romantic histories

Frogmore Cottage

Your history guide to Frogmore Cottage, the home of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

A view from the Choir of Canterbury Cathedral looking towards Trinity Chapel, which was built in the 12th century to house the remains of Thomas Becket. (Photo by Alamy)

History explorer The wonder of medieval cathedrals

Emma Wells.

York History Weekend

York History Weekend 2018: 5 minutes with Emma Wells

A statue of Robert the Bruce at Stirling Castle in Scotland. The castle

BBC presenter Neil Oliver on his top 5 must-visit places in Britain

The entrance to Bodiam Castle.

From magnificent ruins to imposing forts: 10 must-visit British castles

Photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann of Hitler and architects visiting the construction site of the Berghof around Christmas 1935. From left to right: Leonhard Gall, Gerdy Troost, Hitler, and Wilhelm Brückner, Hitler’s chief adjutant. (United States National Archives, College Park, Maryland)

Second World War

Where did Adolf Hitler live? The homes of the führer and how they were used as Nazi propaganda

In the ninth century Pope Nicholas I decreed that St Peter’s symbol, the cockerel, should be displayed on all churches and many incorporated the design into weather vanes. Pictured here is the St Thomas church spire, Melbury Abbas in Dorset, United Kingdom. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

General prehistory

Q&A What does Jesus have to do with cockerel weather vanes?