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Hakim Adi

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Hakim Adi “There’s still this hangover that everything has to be seen through the prism of enslavement”

Cundill History Prize 2022 shortlist

2022 Cundill History Prize shortlist revealed

Crowds line the streets to watch the funeral cortege of Queen Victoria in February 1901. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Tracy Borman A guide to royal funerals through history

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Dan Jones on writing historical fiction . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lucy Worsley. (Photography by Frank Monks)

Lucy Worsley “Agatha Christie’s mysterious disappearance in 1926 was the central injustice of her life”

Dr Lindsey Fitzharris who is medical historian and has written a new book called ‘the Facemaker’ about WW1 facial reconstruction

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Dr Lindsey Fitzharris “This was a time when losing a limb made you a hero, but losing a face made you a monster”

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September 2022 issue of BBC History Revealed out now!

Estelle Paranque

Estelle Paranque “Elizabeth I was in charge of her fate. Perhaps that’s why Catherine de Medici despised her”

Our illustration imagines the Suffolk woman Olivia Cranmer, who carved out a successful career managing the family plot of land in the wake of the Black Death. (Illustration by Sarah Young)

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Lucy Worsley on three extraordinary lives The survivor, the 'incurable' and the scapegoat

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HistoryExtra Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy Borman The Plantagenets (1216–1485) . This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.

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HistoryExtra Monarchy Masterclass with Tracy Borman Hastings to Magna Carta (1066–1215) . This is a premium piece of content available to registered users.

Anna Whitelock looks back on some key moments that made the historical headlines in 2021

The state of history in 2021

Black and white image of several African men pushing two French missionaries in a sort of chair with wheels.

Think piece Why history must take a stance

Greg Jenner talks about his latest book, Ask A Historian, which tackles 50 burning questions that people have about the past. (Image by Fran Monks for BBC History Magazine)

What would you ask a historian?