Social history

Children in Auschwitz

Second World War

The Windermere Children: the remarkable stories of 300 child survivors of the Holocaust

St George’s Day: 10 things you (probably) didn’t know about England’s patron saint

A portrait of Florence Nightingale

Nursing by numbers: how Florence Nightingale campaigned for better conditions

The Resurrection of Jesus

Easter eggs, Jesus Christ and the Easter bunny: the history and origins of Easter

A pile of books

How to write a historical novel and get it published: 9 tips from bestselling authors Alison Weir, Hilary Mantel and more

Irena Sendler in 1942

Second World War

Irena Sendler: the Polish heroine who rescued 2,000 children from the Warsaw Ghetto

A woman in riding gear breaks out in a grin in the c1860s

Smiling Victorians: why it’s a myth that our ancestors didn’t smile for pictures

The clocks change at South Station in Boston, Massachusetts. (Image by Bettmann/Getty Images)

A brief history of daylight saving time

Edward the Confessor

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Anglo-Saxons

Two lovers embrace in this 18th century painting.

How has dating changed over time? A brief history of courtship

The French actress Sarah Bernhardt

Greg Jenner on the history of celebrity

A portrait of Charles I. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Has history been unfair to Charles I?

The British royal family at the Queen's annual birthday parade 2019

A brief guide to the British royal family, by The Crown’s historian Robert Lacey

Pompeii wall painting depicting an erotic satyr and nymph

In bed with the Romans: a brief history of sex in Ancient Rome

Soldiers from the Women's Royal Army Corps

Second World War

A brief guide to VE Day