Q&A

Picture of the Frost Fair on the Thames

Q&A Did the Thames used to freeze over?

Revellers at Stonehenge

General prehistory

Q&A Did the druids have anything to do with Stonehenge?

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In Ancient Egypt, what was the afterlife?

Picture of children being put to bed

Q&A What was 'pigging'?

Photo of archaeologist revealing a skull

General ancient history

Q&A Who was the first archaeologist?

Photo of a horse

Why do we say ‘horse of a different colour’?

Photo of British coins

Q&A Why do we have the letters 'FD' on our coins?

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First World War

How did WW1 end?

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Mistresses through history: the term wasn’t always about secret sex

The bronze effigy on the tomb of Edward Plantagenet, known as the Black Prince, in the Trinity Chapel of Canterbury Cathedral, Kent. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

Q&A Why was the Black Prince called ‘Black’?

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What clothes did people wear in the Tudor period?

Holbein portrait of Henry VIII

Q&A Did Henry VIII have any illegitimate male offspring?

Clock gears in motion

Q&A Why are there 24 hours in a day?

Photo of Champagne

General Early Modern

Q&A Who invented champagne?

An engraving of Admiral Lord Nelson

Q&A Why do we say ‘turn a blind eye’?