Dockers unloading wine barrels

Social history

Revolutions in Europe and forensics in history.

Picture of a hand holding a candle

Q&AWhy do we say ‘can’t hold a candle to…’?

9 astonishing deaths reported in Victorian newspapers.

Science fiction and dancing in history.

15 things you didn’t know about fashion in the First World War.

6 beds that made history

BBC History Magazine

In pictures: at home in a doll's house

The ruins of 11th-century Corfe Castle in Dorset, England

Which century saw the most change?.

First World War

Did the Great War kill God?

The Berlin Wall and the return of Charles II.

An ancient Greek gold coin

Q&AWhen were the first coins made?

The Gunpowder Plot and the First World War.

5 things beards tell us about history.

A brief history of tattoos.

7 maps that changed history.

A brief history of how people communicated in the Middle Ages

History Extra explains... Who was in charge in Ancient Egypt?

Morris dancers perform

Steps in time: Dancing through history.

Picture of a lion and tiger fighting

Q&AWhere was England's first zoo?

The history of humanity.

Samuel Pepys portrait

My history hero: Samuel Pepys (1633-1703).

What did people eat in Ancient Egypt?

Hunting the regicides and the Chartist movement.

Photo of people eating spaghetti

Q&ADid the Italians invent spaghetti?

Second World War

Amazing history pictures: Hitler in disguise

Soldiers guard England's south coast behind a bank of banned wire on 2 September 1940

Britain's fight for survival: Fortress Britain 1940.

A mad is tied to a stake and burned alive as a crowd, including priests, look on

Heresy: a brief history

Hitler’s jazz band: how the Nazis used swing as propaganda.

17th-century 'Great British Bake Off' recipes.

BBC History Magazine

Top five hauntings in history