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Jessie Buckley plays Anne (Agnes) Hathaway

Tudor

What happened to Shakespeare's daughters? A guide to the playwright's family life and descendants

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An illustration of a monk writing on a large piece of parchment, with colourful and dramatic scenes spilling out of the pen

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The Book of Kells: "a masterpiece of medieval calligraphy and painting". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Books of the Year 2025

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BBC History Magazine's 2025 Books of the Year37 best books for history lovers

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The REAL history behind Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit and more. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Studio portrait of a man dressed as British detective Sherlock Holmes with a plaid cap, a pipe, and a magnifying glass. His silhouette is visible in the background

Victorian

9 things you might not know about Sherlock Holmes

William Shakespeare. (Photo by Getty/Bridgeman)

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Shakespeare’s 'lost years': what do we know about this secretive chapter of the bard's life?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Engraved portrait of British poet and politician John Milton

Stuart

John Milton: the Paradise Lost author who challenged the status quo

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My history heroJoan Armatrading chooses Charles Dickens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An open Bible on an altar

General ancient history

A history of the BibleWho wrote it and when?

An engraving of John Milton in 1670. By that time he’d been blind for nearly two decades – but continued to express strong views on religion and the monarchy in his writing (Photo by Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images)

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Long road to paradise: the life of John Milton and how he created his masterpiece, Paradise Lost. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Christine de Pizan, pictured speaking to a trio of inspirational women in an illustration in her Book of the City of Ladies, written around the turn of the 15th century (Photo by Album/Alamy Stock Photo)

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Medieval influencers: 4 women who brought change to the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

George Orwell in front of a BBC microphone.

20th Century

George Orwell: the indomitable life of the writer who confronted totalitarianism

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Medieval documents in danger. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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George Orwell

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A 17th-century scandal & a writer's secret life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An amulet depicting Thor’s hammer, Mjollnir, which he wielded with devastating effect against his foes in Norse mythology (Photo by Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

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Old Norse poetry: how the Vikings viewed the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Forgotten women writers of the Renaissance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Picture of Owen Horsley

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My life in historyDirector at the Royal Shakespeare Company. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The real Lady Whistledown & the golden age of gossip. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ancient Greek theatre: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Shardlake: bringing the Tudor murder mystery to the screen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Part of a 19th-century letter (Photo by whitemay/Getty)

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Agony and adventure: the hidden histories inside women's diaries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Painting of Lord Byron and his Muse

Georgian

“Mad, bad and dangerous to know”: the scandalous life of Lord Byron

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Lord Byron: 9 objects that defined the infamous poet's life and story. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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