People watching the Royal Wedding

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Royal Gunpowder Mills, Essex

Elizabeth I: the monarch behind the mask

Illustration by Femke De Jong

The generational shift from home births to hospitals

Tironensian communities such as that of Kelso Abbey were particularly popular in Scotland. (Heartland-Arts/Getty Images)

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

History heroJo Brand chooses Mary Wollstonecraft (1759–97). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Helmingham Hall, Suffolk

BBC History Magazine

Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages

Aerial view of the Roman fort of Vercovicium

10 places where history was made

Dawyck Botanic Garden, Scottish Borders

German soldiers with a horse-drawn cart during the retreat from Ukraine in 1943. The idea of Teutonic efficiency was a triumph of Nazi spin, says James Holland. (Keystone/Getty Images)

The great misconceptions of the Second World War

Visit historic Conwy

The LibraryBritain’s brutal battles for hearts and minds

Strangers’ Hall, Norwich

Truth, lies and historical fiction: an interview with 'The White Queen' writer Philippa Gregory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history hero: Horatio Nelson (1758-1805). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A big day in history: Rioters give East Anglia's rich and respectable a fright

A crew of Dambusters pictured together in c1943. The famed Dambusters raid, Operation Chastise, was an RAF attempt to breach German dams and so "deprive Ruhr industry, and the Mittelland Canal of water, over the longest period of time possible". (Royal Air Force Official Photographer/ IWM via Getty Images)

The legacy of the Dambusters

Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire

The Spanish Armada: Tudor spin portrayed the events of August 1588 as a glorious English victory but, argues Robert Hutchinson, bad weather and bad tactics had more to do with the Spanish fleet's failure than Elizabethan derring-do. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Spanish Armada: England's lucky escape

General prehistory

Rollright Stones, Oxfordshire

Pompeii comes to London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Worlds of Arthur: Facts and Fictions of the Dark Ages

Visit historic Warwick

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Time's Anvil: England, Archaeology and the Imagination

The story behind Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home

Grosvenor Museum, Chester

How the Tudors invented breakfast

How many years of its existence has Britain been at war?

When completed in the early 12th century, Durham Cathedral was "absolutely up-to-the-minute in its design and near-perfect in its execution," says Marc Morris. (Jim Gibson via Getty Images)

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

History on trial