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England

The battle of Sandwich: England’s medieval Trafalgar.

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 8: Margaret Thatcher.

A scene from Perceval, one of the Arthurian romances attributed to Chretien De Troyes

Who was Chrétien de Troyes, and why are his Arthurian romances important?.

William Blake: “artist or genius, or mystic, or madman”.

c900 AD, Viking ships invading England. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

5 key Viking discoveries in Britain – and what they reveal about how the Vikings really lived

In partnership with Jorvik Viking Centre

The curious tale of an Anglo-Saxon giant.

The golden age of piracy: everything you wanted to know.

Painting the Tudors: Hans Holbein the Younger.

Alan Turing

Second World War

Your guide to Alan Turing: the man, the enigma

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 6: Winston Churchill.

The Anarchy: everything you wanted to know.

Henry I proclaims Matilda as his heir

Your guide to the Anarchy, the bloody battle between Stephen and Matilda

Busting myths about the Anglo-Saxons | HistoryExtra Podcast

Busting myths about the Anglo-Saxons.

Elizabeth I

QuizHow much do you know about Tudor Queen Elizabeth I?.

Anne Boleyn, who was executed by beheading on 19 May 1536 after being found guilty of high treason, was said to have had "much joy and pleasure in death". (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The final days of Anne Boleyn: why did she die?

Entrance to Lincoln Castle. (Dreamstime)

Lincoln: the battle that gave birth to medieval England.

The rise and fall of Britain’s motor city.

Katharine Parr: secrets of a Tudor survivor.

Play Reading

Anne Hathaway, Hamnet and Judith: who were William Shakespeare's family?

Portrait of Sarah Gristwood for BBC History Magazine

History explorer: Tewkesbury Abbey and four more places linked to the Wars of the Roses.

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 4: Harold Wilson.

Madness, property and power: the strange case of Mary Davies.

Portrait of Carlo Broschi (stage name Farinelli), the most famous opera singer of the 18th century. (Photo By DEA/A. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

Castrated Georgian opera stars: the stars of the 18th century.

Welfare campaigner Emily Hobhouse

History heroAnita Anand chooses Emily Hobhouse (1860–1926).

'Sanditon' - an adaption of Jane Austen's unfinished novel of the same name – is currently airing in the UK on ITV. Pictured: Clara Brereton (played by Lily Sacofsky), Esther Denham (Charlotte Spencer), Lady Denham (Anne Reid) and Edward Denham (Jack Fox). (Photo by RED PLANET/ITV)

Your guide to Sanditon, Jane Austen’s last unfinished work

French actor Jean-Louis Trintignant holding the skull of Yorik

The wisdom of Shakespeare: 5 famous quotes explained.

British prime minister Clement Attlee reading a document in his office, 27 July 1946. (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Clement Attlee: Labour's postwar leader

An early Christian standing stone situated in an open field at Gelligaer Common near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. (Getty Images)

Where history happened: the villages that disappeared.

The Danelaw: a Viking kingdom in England?.

Britain’s great postwar party.