Photo of an Edwardian family on sand dunes

Edwardian

Anti-suffrage: the women who didn't want the vote

The cast of Downton Abbey in front of Highclere Castle

Downstairs in Downton: a guide to the life of an Edwardian servant

A dinner scene from Downton Abbey, with large candlesticks on the table

Could you survive an Edwardian dinner party?

The last Russian royal family, Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra and their five children, were shot and bayonetted to death by their Bolshevik guards in the early hours of 17 July 1918. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

The legacy of the Romanovs: how is the last Russian royal family remembered in Russia?

Queen Elizabeth II driving her children Prince Charles and Princess Anne at Windsor, 1957. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Why do Brits drive on the left-hand side of the road? Plus 4 other facts about the history of driving in Britain

The Endurance, the ship of Ernest Shackleton

My history hero: Ernest Shackleton (d1922)

French writer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette and husband Willy, photographed c1902. (Photo by Apic/Getty Images)

Who was the real Colette?

The murder of the Romanovs

A portrait of actress Nell Gwynn, longtime mistress to King Charles II.

From Nell to Meghan: 10 romances between actors and royals

8 of Britain’s best historical houses and gardens

Percy Fawcett and the lost city of Z: The history behind the film

The Tibetan plateau lies at an altitude averaging over 4,500 metres above sea level

In the footsteps of Sir Francis Younghusband's 1903 invasion of Tibet

Britain’s railways and the Titanic

Q&AWhy do we say ‘in the limelight’?

Picture depicting the Dogger Bank Incident

Q&AWhat was the 'North Sea Outrage'?

A photograph of J Meade Falkner, c1915. He "had an extraordinary mind, the type you don't come across often," says Chris de Burgh of the novelist. (Public Domain)

My history hero: J Meade Falkner (1858-1932)

The RMS Titanic. (Image by Perspectives/Getty Images)

Where history happened: The Titanic disaster

Toilers of the deep: the lives of Edwardian deep sea fishermen

Rebellion and terrorism

The LibraryThe battle of Quebec and the jealousy of a queen

Thomas Paine on both sides of the Atlantic and the plight of the suffragettes

Hampton Court and the Amritsar massacre

The Matchgirls strike and back to 1918

Scout Troop

Baden-Powell, Scouting and the British empire