People watching the Royal Wedding

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A portrait of Flora MacDonald, who found fame as a Jacobite heroine sailing Bonnie Prince Charlie to safety

Who was Flora MacDonald?

Britain’s WW2 island internment camp. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St Patick depicted in a 13th-century folio

The history of St Patrick's Day traditions – and the importance of the colour green

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians, illustrated sitting on a throne

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians: the warrior queen who crushed the Vikings

Illustration showing a scene from the Battle of Moore's Creek

The Highlanders of North Carolina & the battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Last Kingdom season 5 starsAlexander Dreymon as Uhtred of Bebbanburg

The Last Kingdom: real history and historical accuracy

Suspected witch Mary Sutton is “swum” in a Bedfordshire millpond in 1612, as shown in a contemporary illustration. (Picture by Getty Images)

Witchfinding: what drove the hunters’ cruel crusade and what methods did they use?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Remains of croft, abandoned during the Scottish Highland Clearances

The Highland Clearances: a historian’s guide to a century of eviction

Rafaëlle Cohen as Anne Boleyn in BBC docu-drama The Boleyns: A Scandalous Family

The Château Vert pageant: 500 years since Anne Boleyn’s first recorded appearance at Henry VIII’s court. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

English pilot Amy Johnson sat in a plane and wearing a helmet

'Queen of the Air': the remarkable life of pioneering English aviator Amy Johnson

The Duke stars Jim Broadment and Helen Mirren, pictured with Goya's portrait of the Duke of Wellington

The Duke: The real story of Kempton Bunton and the theft of Goya’s Wellington portrait

Old English: a quick guide. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Louis Wain, c1900, with one of his pet cats. Photo by Ernest H. Mills/Getty Images)

Louis Wain: the cat-loving artist who forever changed the way that we see our feline friends. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A late 16th century portrait of Anne Boleyn (c.1500-1536)

Q&ADid Anne Boleyn have six fingers on one hand?

Witch hunters: cynical persecutors or misguided zealots?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Caroline of Ansbach

Caroline of Ansbach: why George II's remarkable queen was the first iron lady of British politics

Fascism in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of folkloric beings

A history of Britain's folklore. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 2Establishment values in the 1930s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Welsh flag, featuring a dragon. The red dragon of Wales dates back to Roman times. (Photo by Getty Images)

Q&AWhy does the Welsh flag feature a red dragon?

Actress Vesta Tilley poses with a bicycle while dressed in male uniform

General History

Drag kings: a brief history of male impersonators

Sir Oswald Mosley taking the salute from female members of the BUF

Your guide to Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists (BUF)

In defence of Neville Chamberlain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

People visit the prehistoric monument Stonehenge in January 2022

Stonehenge: a historian’s guide to visiting the stones. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A marble bust of the Roman Emperor Claudius

Roman invasion of Britain: did the Britons ignore them?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wales' fans celebrate victory at the 1957 Five Nations Tournament, France vs Wales, holding the Welsh symbol, the leek. (Photo by Universal/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)

Q&AWhy is the leek associated with Wales?

Stonehenge: everything you wanted to know (part two). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

The secret WW2 mission to save Britain’s art collections. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Curling stones during a match at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, Utah

General History

A brief history of curling – from medieval Scotland to the Winter Olympics

Philip II, king of Spain from 1556, seated with Queen Mary I of England. They married in 1554

When Mary met Philip: a Tudor queen in love