Dockers unloading wine barrels

Social history

Colourblind history

Where the Bosworth battle really happened and a detailed look at rationing.

BBC History Magazine

What is History in schools for?

Hadrian's Wall photographed at Hotbank Crags and looking towards Crag Lough in Northumberland National Park. (Photo by Roger Coulam/Getty Images)

The LibraryApocalypse then circa 410: the end of Roman Britain.

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The World That Never Was

The English writer and radio broadcaster JB Priestley at home on the Isle of Wight, 1933. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

My history hero: JB Priestley (1894–1984).

The Alfred Jewel: gold, rock, crystal and enamel

Objects of affection

Sunbathers enjoy some fun and games at a tennis court near a lido at Castle Mill, Cheshire, August 1936

The 1930s: When the future looked bright.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Peaceful war: was the 19th century a time of relative peace?

Obesity and the modern lifestyle: what can we learn from history?

Historians ignore the human element at their peril

BBC History Magazine

A History of Arctic Exploration

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Searching for Order

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A Question of Memory

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Book review – The English Marriage

BBC History Magazine

We’re still waiting for school history’s next big idea

BBC History Magazine

The lesser-spotted postbox

When was the first mosque in Britain built?

BBC History Magazine

Boyle: Between God and Science

Land Girls and their Impact

The motivations behind Viking raids and the life of Dr Johnson.

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Katterfelto: Prince of Puff

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Conspiracy theories are everywhere

Banqueting House, London, where Charles I was executed on 30 January 1649. (Photo by Angelo Hornak/Corbis via Getty Images)

9 places associated with Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot.

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Blood, Iron & Gold

The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England

First World War special.

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The Red Flag

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The Great British Bobby

A statue of Lenin in Germany being removed from its plinth to be demolished. (Photo by Régis BOSSU/Sygma via Getty Images)

Looking back at The End of History