Michael Wood

Michael Wood is professor of public history at the University of Manchester. He has presented numerous BBC series and has made more than 100 documentary films. He is the author of several highly praised books on English history, including In Search of the Dark Ages, Domesday, and In Search of England. His latest book is The Story of China (Simon & Schuster, 2020)

Recent articles by Michael Wood

Michael Wood on a pioneer of photojournalism “We should salute a towering figure in the history of photography” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on Afghanistan “A new world is emerging, reviving older connections” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on Tamil culture “Let’s cherish this shining light of the great Bronze Age civilisations” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on history festivals “The communal retelling of history is magical. Just ask the kids!” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In this lecture, Michael Wood uses the stories of five individuals from across the centuries to cast light on China’s rich and varied history

Voices of China . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood The story of China . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Qing dynasty emperor Kangxi

The voices of China: 5 perspectives on an extraordinary past

Michael Wood reveals how Hadrian, a little-known “man of Africa”, helped lay the foundations of English culture

The African who transformed Anglo-Saxon England

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Michael Wood on statues "These ‘history wars’ over statues are really about something bigger: about different views of the past, and who controls it" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood at BBC History Magazine's History Weekend in Chester (Photo byVictoria Tetley / VJT Photography)

Michael Wood on the Peterloo photograph . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The ninth-century Alfred Jewel, adorned with the inscription:

10 ways the Anglo-Saxons changed the course of British history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on a controversial term “As a racism row rumbles on, is it time to retire the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’?” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Inside the fort was a famous spring, St Helen’s Well, today Robin Hood’s Well. (© Bill Henderson)

Brunanburh: Where did the battle that saved England take place?

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Michael Wood on Anglo-Saxon manuscripts. (Illustration by Femke de Jong for BBC History Magazine)

Michael Wood On Anglo-Saxon manuscripts . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on… slavery . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.