Social history

A scene from the Luttrell Psalter, c1330, gives an idealised insight into everyday life in 14th-century rural England

Life as a medieval peasant How accurate are depictions on screen?

Anthony Eden addresses BBC cameras in 1956

BBC at 100 1950s friction between government and the BBC

A child cooks on an open fire in a medieval home

Medieval childhood: a historical A-Z

An etching of a 17th-century coal merchant. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

Industrial revolution

Q&A Why do we say ‘get the sack’?

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Thousands gathered in Portugal in October 1917 to witness the Miracle of the Sun.

Miracle of the Sun Why thousands gathered in 1917 to witness a solar vision

The Unesco world heritage site of Hadrian's Wall. (Photo by Getty Images)

Black British history Black Britannia

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Photo of the Jarrow March

The Jarrow march The lasting legacy of the 1936 protest

Scene of the 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' at the Disney World in Orlando, Florida, 1971

Why we should remember... The day Walt Disney World Resort in Florida welcomed its first guests

A missionary preaches to the Native Americans of Massachusetts, c1650. By now, colonists were imposing their values on the indigenous population, encouraging them to dress like the English – and worship the English God. (Photo by Ian Tyas/Keystone/Getty Images)

Britain's nuclear fears How has the UK prepared for Armageddon?

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General History

Black British history Key questions answered

The leader of the Luddites, 1812. Found in the collection of British Museum. Anonymous artist. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

5 of the worst years in British history