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Life of the Week: Harold Godwinson (Harold II)

King Harold II is famous for getting an arrow to the eye at the battle of Hastings. But is that...

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Britain's long love affair with sport

Britons may not always be the best at playing sports. But, as David Horspool tells Spencer Mizen,...

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The Silk Road: everything you wanted to know

The Silk Road is one of the most famous trade routes in history, a vast interconnected network...

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The Renaissance: an explosion of creativity

From the nightmarish creations of Hieronymus Bosch to the intricate flying machines of Leonardo...

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Conspiracy | Series 2 Trailer

Who shot JFK? Have the Knights Templar been hiding the Holy Grail? And what really landed at...

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Conspiracy | 1. Was Elizabeth I a man?

In her most famous speech, delivered on 9 August 1588, Queen Elizabeth I declared that she had...

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From the Mongols to the Huns: the nomads who dominated Eurasia

From the Huns, Mongols and Magyars to the Turks, Xiongnu, Scythians and Goths, these nomadic...

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Life of the Week: Frederick Douglass

Having run away from a life of slavery as a young man, Frederick Douglass went on to forge his...

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The hidden history of women in intelligence

From women who worked in vital wartime intelligence centres like Bletchley Park to those who...

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The Bloomsbury Group: everything you wanted to know

From the groundbreaking novels of Virginia Woolf to the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes,...

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'Madness' and the supernatural

The birth of psychiatry in the early-19th century changed the way that 'madness' was understood,...

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Boston Tea Party | 5. A complex legacy

Why does the Boston Tea Party still loom so large in the popular story of American independence...

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Why were the Romantics obsessed with Mount Vesuvius?

The Romantics were obsessed with Mount Vesuvius, climbing up to peer into its bubbling depths,...

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Life of the Week: Stalin

Josef Stalin is a titan of modern history – and one of its most infamous leaders, responsible for...

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James Longstreet: Confederate Judas

James Longstreet spent the American Civil War as one of the leading generals in the Confederate...

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Medieval popes: everything you wanted to know

Who were some of the most influential popes of the Middle Ages? What did you have to do to earn...

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A history of song: from Schumann to Sting

Songs can trigger a range of emotions in their listeners: intense joy, sadness or even disgust....

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Boston Tea Party | 4. The crackdown

The consequences of the protest are vital in understanding the role of the Boston Tea Party in...

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Aztec warfare

Why did warfare play such a pivotal role in Aztec society? How could claiming captives benefit a...

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History Behind the Headlines: Elections, ‘panda diplomacy’ and the word of the year

The latest instalment of our monthly sees Hannah Skoda and Rana Mitter look back at the history...

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