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England

Statues of Richard I and his wife Berengaria of Navarre

Berengaria of Navarre: Richard I’s forgotten queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emily Davison, photographed a few days before she was fatally injured after stepping in front of the king's horse during the Derby

Emily Davison: the suffragette who stepped in front of the king's horse

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General History

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

From balls to Bridgerton: a brief history of debutantes and the social season

A 19th-century painting shows Henry VIII meeting Anne Boleyn, as ladies-in-waiting and courtiers look on (Photo by Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)

Inside the six wives' bedchamber: the stories of Tudor ladies-in-waiting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The river Brathay finding its way to Elder Water lake during a sunny Autumn morning (Photo by Daniel Bosma/Getty)

The second Norman conquest: how William Rufus captured a forgotten kingdom. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anne Boleyn pays Mark Smeaton a final visit in Gaetano Donizetti's opera Anna Bolena

He was the court musician who condemned Anne Boleyn: but was Mark Smeaton telling the truth?

Portrait of Thomas Cromwell

Your guide to Thomas Cromwell

Arthur Hughes as Matthew Shardlake in Disney+ drama Shardlake

Is Shardlake a true story? The real history behind the Disney+ Tudor murder mystery

Arthur Hughes as Matthew Shardlake in Disney+ drama Shardlake

Shardlake and disability in Tudor times: seven things you need to know

A 19th-century portrait of Lady Caroline Lamb, Anglo-Irish aristocrat, novelist and lover of Lord Byron, by English painter Thomas Phillips (Photo by Pictorial Press Ltd/Alamy Stock Photo)

Lady Caroline Lamb: Antonia Fraser on a rule-breaking aristocrat. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photo a two men riding horses, all dressed in jousting gear.

My life in historyJouster at the Royal Armouries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting of Lord Byron and his Muse

“Mad, bad and dangerous to know”: the scandalous life of Lord Byron

A map showing the Cinque ports

Q&AWhat are the Cinque Ports?

British prime minister Harold Wilson, March 1967. (Photo by Michael Stroud/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Harold Wilson: 5 facts about the Labour Party prime minister

Margaret Beaufort, shown in a c16th‐century oil on panel painting

Margaret Beaufort: mother of the Tudors

Newspaper ballad about highwaywoman Susan Higges

The real Renegade Nell? The bloody ballad of female highwaywoman Susan Higges

Plots and Rebellions, with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII

Anne Boleyn: your guide to the life and death of Henry VIII's second queen – plus 11 little-known facts

Week Two: Elizabethan Daily Life, with Professor Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sir Walter Raleigh, a portrait of the great favourite of Queen Elizabeth I

Q&AWhy was Sir Walter Raleigh executed?

English highwayman Dick Turpin is pictured astride his horse, leaping over a gate, as he flees his pursuers

The extraordinary legend of highwayman Dick Turpin

An 1891 rugby match between England and Scotland

When was the first international rugby match, and who played in it?

HEX Academy Vikings - week one video

Viking raiders, with Professor Ryan Lavelle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

MacDonald's leap to power: the story of the first Labour government. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Harold Godwinson: the story of the last Anglo-Saxon king of England

The Royal Pavilion in Brighton

Visiting Brighton Royal Pavilion, the Prince Regent's decadent getaway. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A statue of Alice Nutter, one of the 1612 Pendle Witches. The statue is in her home village on Blacko Bar Road, Roughlee. (Image by Alamy)

The Pendle witches: what happened in the infamous Lancashire witch trial?

King George III

The illness and decline of King George III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alice Mitchell stabs her lover, Freda Ward, to death, shown in a contemporary illustration. A court declared that the killing was an act of insanity.

Victorian murder scandalsWhat six killings tell us about women's lives in the 19th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.