England

A union flag flown on HMS Queen Charlotte at the battle known as the Glorious First of June, 1794

Q&A When was the Union Jack or Union flag created?

Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick and known as the Kingmaker, meets his end at the battle of Barnet in 1471

Q&A Why was Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick, known as the Kingmaker?

Battle of Barnet: This lively, if inaccurate, 15th- century illustration of the shows a coronet- wearing Edward skewering Warwick with his lance

The battle of Barnet, 1471: the Wars of the Roses clash that killed the Kingmaker

Mary Anning (Kate Winslet) and Charlotte Murchison (Saoirse Ronan) in Francis Lee's new film 'Ammonite'. (Photo courtesy of Lionsgate UK / See-Saw Films)

The real history behind Ammonite

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Unravelling the Bayeux Tapestry Episode 2: How was the Tapestry created? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Shrabani Basu talks about a miscarriage of justice that exposed the racial tensions of Edwardian England and captured the imagination of the creator of Sherlock Holmes. (Image by Getty Images)

Hate mail & mutilated horses: Conan Doyle investigates . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Nicola Tallis responds to listener questions about the Elizabethans, from the religious rifts of the era to the fate of Queen Elizabeth I’s royal jewels. (Image by Getty Images)

The Elizabethans: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Sutton Hoo helmet. (Image by Getty Images)

Long read | The man at Sutton Hoo

An undated image of George Edalji. (Image credit: Cheslyn Hay Local History Society)

George Edalji and the Great Wyrley killings: a real-life Sherlock Holmes mystery

The Battle Of Towton, fought on 29 March 1461, was brutal clash in the driving snow fought during the Wars of the Roses

The battle of Towton: did the biggest, bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil take place during the Wars of the Roses?

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Unravelling the Bayeux Tapestry Episode 1: When, Where & Why . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dean Irwin explains the story of the 1190 anti-Semitic massacre at Clifford’s Tower in York, and how it fits into the wider story of England’s medieval Jewish population. (Image by Getty Images)

The Clifford’s Tower massacre & medieval anti-Semitism . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edgar the Aetheling is notably missing from the Bayeux Tapestry

The lost figure of the Bayeux Tapestry: where is Edgar Ætheling?

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Professor Stephen Hawking in his office at the University of Cambridge, 2003

History hero Bobby Seagull chooses Stephen Hawking (1942–2018) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Public unrest and riots broke out with the introduction of the Corn Laws. (Image by Bettmann/Getty Images)

The 1815–46 Corn Laws: your guide to the crisis and why they were repealed