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In profile: the 2017 Wolfson History Prize shortlist

The weird and wonderful world of Victorian entertainment.

Illustration by Hugh Cowling

Will history survive the digital age?.

The roots of modern rage.

Tom Holland in conversation with Pankaj Mishra about his book Age of Anger

Age of Anger: Pankaj Mishra in conversation with Tom Holland.

Parson's Lodge Battery in Rosia Bay, Gibraltar. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Gibraltar

Seeking eternity: 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian burial.

6 strange newspaper stories that shocked Victorian Britain.

Silence: the history behind Martin Scorsese’s new film

The birth of Eurasia.

Barcelona. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Barcelona

Corner shops and Russian ballet.

Director of the Victoria & Albert Museum Tristram Hunt. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

History-loving politicians.

Persuading the people: British propaganda in the Second World War.

BBC History Magazine

My favourite place: Bethlehem

Reporting from war zones.

Shakespeare’s Globe. (Loop Images/UIG via Getty Images)

Touring London with Shakespeare, Dickens and Oscar Wilde: 7 must-see literary landmarks.

My favourite place: Belgium

Historical television and the battle of Flodden.

Women in politics and Robinson Crusoe.

Aidan Turner as Ross Poldark in the TV series 'Poldark'. (Photo by Adrian Rogers)

Period dramas should not be judged on historical accuracy, say historians.

Poldark and historical TV drama.

The history of London’s 10 greatest live music venues.

BBC History Magazine

Horrible Histories Live on Stage: an interview with creator Neal Foster

The 1920s: Roaring or tame?.

The history of the suntan

History’s most fascinating muses.

The Mar Elian Catholic monastery burnt by Islamic State militants in 2016. (Photo by Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images)

History under attack: the destruction of antiquities in the Middle East.

The LibraryThe Holocaust on stage.

David Reynolds, Professor of international history at Christ’s College, Cambridge. (Photo by Alamy)

Issue 200 special: “History books will need to be objects of desire”