Rachel Dinning

Rachel Dinning is the Premium Content Editor at HistoryExtra. She joined the BBC History Magazine team in 2017 after working as a news reporter for the Gloucestershire Gazette, where she covered local news stories and interviewed politicians including former prime minister Boris Johnson. She has a degree in English Literature and a master's degree in Journalism – but has always had a passion for history, particularly women's history and telling lesser known stories from the past. Rachel has interviewed a number of expert speakers for the award-winning HistoryExtra podcast, from historian Dan Jones to film director Peter Jackson. You can find her on Twitter @racheldinning, where she tweets everything from cat GIFs to her favourite historical facts.

Rachel Dinning

From murder bottles to arsenic wallpaper: 5 hidden killers in Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Week four quiz: medicine and health in Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Week three quiz: education and school in Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cricket, cocaine and cocoa houses: 5 ways Victorians spent their free time. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Week one quiz: Victorian life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michelangelo: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hacked to pieces, testicles removed & body parts gifted as “dark trophies”: the grisly fate of Simon de Montfort

Where is Bridgerton filmed? 5 places to visit for fans of the popular Netflix period drama

Battle of Britain: WW2's greatest battles. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Harold Wilson: 5 facts about the Labour Party prime minister

Tying the knot: 500 years of wedded bliss and marital misery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ultimate Viking quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A sustainable, historical three-course feast: WW2 crumb fudge. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s squirrel wars: the 150-year battle between reds and greys. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ultimate Second World War quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bannockburn: Robert the Bruce’s greatest victory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

VideoAn introduction to George III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ultimate Windsors quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastResistance in the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Resistance in the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Big questions of the Crimean War: aftermath and legacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Big questions of the Crimean War: into the Valley of Death. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Big questions of the Crimean War: the build up. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

WW2: The big questions | Part 1, the build up. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

WW2: The big questions | Part 3, the Big Three. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

WW2: The big questions | Part 2, the early years of the conflict. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

WW2: The big questions | Part 5, the final stages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

WW2 the big questions: final stages of the conflict. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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