Women's history

Clash between the English Temeraire and the French Redoutable ships during the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

9 podcasts about war and military history to listen to right now

Medieval punishments

How bloody was medieval life?

British nurse Florence Nightingale (1820–1910), aka the 'Lady with the lamp', makes her rounds during the Crimean War. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Why Florence Nightingale was so much more than the ‘Lady with the Lamp’

Florence Nightingale

The life and legend of Florence Nightingale

Victorian family. (Photo by Sean Sexton-Getty images)

Everything you ever wanted to know about the Victorians, but were afraid to ask

A statue of Æthelflæd – erected in Tamworth to mark the 1,000th anniversary of her fortifying the town. (Photo by Chris Gibson/Alamy Stock Photo

Aethelflaed: who was the warrior queen who crushed the Vikings?

Coco Chanel photographed in Paris, c1936

Second World War

Chanel and the Riviera

Julian of Norwich holds her famous book in a sculpture at the doors of Norwich Cathedral. (Photo by Creative Commons Wiki)

Julian of Norwich: Janina Ramirez hails ‘the female Chaucer’

Viking women.(Illustration by Laura Grace Haines)

Viking women

The figure Mulan on a silk print, c19th century

General ancient history

Mulan: the history of the Chinese legend behind the film

Portrait of Queen Anne

Queen Anne’s reputation: why isn’t she more fondly remembered?

Two scenes from the Chronique de St Denis, late 14th century. The left-hand scene depicts the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France in 1137. The scene on the right shows Louis departing by ship to go on the Second Crusade in 1147. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Eleanor of Aquitaine: the medieval queen who took on Europe’s most powerful men

A portrait of the young Elizabeth I. (Photo by Art Collection 2/Alamy Stock Photo)

Elizabeth I’s personality: the unfathomable queen

A group of young female Red Army snipers, East Prussia, February 1945 (Photo by Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

General ancient history

Women at war

Princess Margaret attends the premiere of Captain Horatio Hornblower, Leicester Square, 1951. (Photo by Ron Burton/Keystone/Getty Images)

The Queen’s “rebel sister”: 8 facts about Princess Margaret