Women's history

Thomas Sully's portrait of Queen Victoria

The young Queen Victoria’s struggle to gain the throne

A portrait of Russian empress Catherine the Great

Hypocrite, reactionary, usurper, sex maniac: is Catherine the Great’s reputation justified?

Rosemary Kennedy (right), the eldest Kennedy daughter. Pictured here with her mother Rose (centre) and sister Kathleen, during the family's residency in Britain in the late 1930s. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

The lost Kennedy: the tragic life of JFK’s sister Rosemary

Queen Victoria of Great Britain with her husband, Prince Albert, and their nine children. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Queen Victoria’s children

Queen Victoria in her coronation robes.

Your guide to Queen Victoria, plus 8 fascinating facts about the monarch

EEmily Davison is felled by King Edward VII’s horse, Anmer, moments after trying to grab his reins during the running of the Derby, 4 June 1913. The suffragette suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries. She died four days later. (Getty)

Emily Davison: the suffragette martyr

A c1536 portrait of Jane Seymour by Hans Holbein the Younger.

Alison Weir on Henry VIII’s third wife: “Jane Seymour had the courage to stand up for what she cared about”

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’