Crime and punishment

A customer shops for a pistol at Freddie Bear Sports sporting goods store in Tinley Park, Illinois

The historians’ view: what are the real issues in the US gun control debate?

American citizens Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, following their arrest by the FBI 1950. They were convicted of passing infomation to the Soviets and executed in 1953

The secrets and lies of Cold War spies

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General ancient history

Corruption in the ancient world . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scene of the Peterloo Massacre

Q&A Why do we say “Read the Riot Act”?

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Prohibition: busting myths about the ban on booze

Suspected witch Mary Sutton is “swum” in a Bedfordshire millpond in 1612

General Early Modern

Witchfinding: what drove the hunters’ cruel crusade and what methods did they use?

A photograph of Al Capone, in a suit, looking into the camera

Your guide to the Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone

Illustration of Major Stede Bonnet, the Gentleman Pirate

Stede Bonnet, Gentleman Pirate: how a mid-life crisis created the ‘worst pirate of all time’

The Duke stars Jim Broadment and Helen Mirren, pictured with Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington

The Duke: The real story of Kempton Bunton and the theft of Goya’s Wellington portrait

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Witch hunters: cynical persecutors or misguided zealots?

First photo of baby Charles Lindbergh Jr

Q&A Who was the Lindbergh baby?

Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in season six of 'Peaky Blinders'

Peaky Blinders: The story so far, plus the real figures to expect in season 6

James Hamilton's 1880s painting 'The Massacre of Glencoe'.

Hell at Glencoe: what led to the massacre in the Scottish Highlands?

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Britain’s only war crimes trial