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King Henry VI of the Hohenstaufen dynasty

What was the Erfurt Latrine Disaster?

Video podcastPractical magic: curses, spells & cunning folk.

Practical magic: curses, spells & cunning folk.

A baby sits on a toilet and pulls toilet paper from a roll

General History

A brief history of the toilet: wiping, washing – plus, who invented the flush?

Close-up of distorted wristwatch

Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesTime travel.

Mysterious moody trees at night.

Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesA holiday from hell.

The Magus: enlightened magician or Renaissance charlatan?.

Horrible Histories: 15 years of death, poo and talking rats.

Medieval medicine: everything you wanted to know.

Hamida Djandoubi, 28, being led down a tunnel by a police official ahead of his execution in October 1977.

General History

10 strange historical facts that sound fake

Welsh mythology: everything you wanted to know.

Old cobblestone footpath at a park.

Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesMy best friend's ghost.

King Lear

QuizHistorical misconceptions.

From whipping horses to royal love chairs: the lewd yet luxurious history of high-end erotic furniture.

Silhouette of a ghost in an old property.

Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesThe ghost of Elizabeth Dacre.

Video podcastPeking to Paris: the world’s first great motor race.

Illustration by Femke de Jong.

The curious story of the great wheelbarrow craze of the 19th century.

Video podcastThe madcap world of the Victorian circus.

Spooky figure at the top of a staircase.

Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesThe haunting behind The Conjuring 2.

Our illustration shows a woman struggling through wind and snow in 1816 (Illustration by Zara Picken)

1816: the year without summer.

A statue of Alice Nutter, one of the 1612 Pendle Witches. The statue is in her home village on Blacko Bar Road, Roughlee. (Image by Alamy)

The Pendle witches: what happened in the infamous Lancashire witch trial?

Strange and surprising pastimes of the Regency Ton

Victoria's armpit and 'giant' bones: body parts that changed history.

Magic books: a global history.

Norse myths: everything you wanted to know.

Scotland’s last witch.

A 1793 etching by Thomas Rowlandson shows a person in bed with bugs covering their bare behind.

General History

Roasted cats and acid: 5 ways our ancestors tried to get rid of bedbugs

Scenic view of Cornwall

General History

Q&AWhy is Cornwall called Cornwall?

A 1950s illustration imagines a group of mountaineers catching sight of a large Yeti in the Himalayas

General History

The hunt for the Abominable Snowman: what's the history of the Yeti legend?

Gussie Moran playing tennis with her lace knickers on show at the 1949 Wimbledon Championships.

10 scandalous moments in Wimbledon’s history.