Social history

Buzz Aldrin salutes the US flag during the 1969 lunar landing

How has the world changed during the reign of Elizabeth II?

Max Schreck took the title role in the 1922 German silent film 'Nosferatu', inspired by Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. The film enjoys a cult following. (Photo by ullstein picture / ullstein picture via Getty Images)

General History

“Ghoul-like beyond nightmare dream, they were the living dead”: belief in Vampires through history

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Q&A Were vampires buried with a stake through their heart?

A painting of Lisbon depicts conspicuous displays of Portuguese imperial wealth and power – including enslaved African people

How slavery thrived in Renaissance Europe

General History

The history rich list: the 10 wealthiest people ever

A uniformed US soldier plants American flags at gravesites on Memorial Day

Memorial Day When was the first, and who founded the US national holiday?

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Pod Kojo Koram WL

General ancient history

A legacy of inequality: the economic impact of empire . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A lodger disputes his bill with his landlady in this 1812 print by Thomas Rowlandson

What was it like being a renter in Georgian London?

Irish people demonstrate in Downing Street in London in 1921. The partition of Ireland between the six north-eastern counties and the rest of Ireland took place on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920

A brief history of the partition of Ireland

Aerial view of Piccadilly Circus in London.

General History

London history quiz Test your knowledge

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Stasi poets: creative writing & the Cold War

Netta holds the Eurovision trophy aloft while singing the winning song for Israel at the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest grand final

Eurovision history: from the first competition to the story behind voting blocs

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Pod Dean Vuletic WL

Eurovision: a political history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Jacob Mchangama WL

General History

Free speech: a brief, contentious history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Disabled people in Tudor times . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.