Early comic panel illustration

England

A cartoon depiction of mythical Luddite leader Ned Ludd. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Where history happened: Luddites. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two medieval men thresh a sheaf of wheat in this 14th century illustration. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Michael Wood on the history of you and me

Stamford, Lincolnshire

St Albans Clock Tower, Hertfordshire

Porthcumo Telegraph Museum, Cornwall

A view towards the Carew estuary between a dry stone wall and the ruins of Carew Castle, Pembrokeshire, UK. (Dreamstime)

Where history happened: Tudor courtiers with Suzannah Lipscomb. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s medieval identity crisis

Ernest Bevin

My history hero: Ernest Bevin (1881-1951). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Minack Theatre, Cornwall

Ironbridge

King George VI and stories from Africa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mary Beard, professor of classics at the University of Cambridge. (David Levenson/Getty Images)

My history hero: Sir Moses I Finley (1912–86). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Royston Cave, Hertfordshire

An illustration from ‘A Short History of the English People’ by John Richard Green. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Drowning in Tudor England: why was water so dangerous?

The mourning of Queen Victoria. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Cenotaph, London

Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire

North West Museum of Road Transport, St Helens

The LibraryA new history of England and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roche Abbey, Yorkshire

Anne of Cleves House, East Sussex

Bernard Cornwell on his novels. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The spies of Queen Elizabeth I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bluestones, like these in the Preseli hills, were used to build Stonehenge. (Photo by Paula Connelly via Getty Images)

Britain’s buried secrets

Clare Priory, Suffolk

My history hero: Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Henry VII in 1505. His claim to the throne was tenuous and he had to see off a posse of pretenders, yet he proved a canny and competent ruler, modernising the justice system and filling the crown’s coffers. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Henry VII: the survivor and stabiliser

Greek slavery, Victorian heroism and Dan Snow on cars. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Victorian telegraph and Dan Snow on his new series. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryThe conquest of Wales and Mary I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.