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Moai statues at Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui’s largest ceremonial structure

What happened to the people of Rapa Nui?

1942: Churchill's darkest hour.

1942: Churchill’s darkest hour.

Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland. (Loop Images/UIG via Getty Images)

Hadrian's Wall: when and why was it built? A brief guide

Rapa Nui’s island mysteries.

What if…George III hadn't 'lost' the colonies?.

A young woman sat in front of a mirror applies lipstick, 1967

The price of beauty: the dangerous cosmetics used until the 20th century

The history of beauty: everything you wanted to know.

Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton and Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in Bridgerton season 2

How to succeed in Regency courtship.

Bridgerton: behind the scenes of season 2.

Episode 1Introduction.

Suleyman the Magnificent: the 16th-century’s most powerful ruler?.

Four flapper women line up along a wall and chug bottles of liquor in the 1920s.

Flappers, sanitary pads and public drinking: was the 1920s a time of increased liberation for women?

A drawing of a Georgian woman in a wide dress and a towering wig

How to survive in the Georgian court.

Aelfwynn in season 5 of The Last Kingdom, holding the crown of Mercia that belonged to her mother

The real Aelfwynn of Mercia

Our Winston Churchill obsession.

Stoneleigh Abbey in Warwickshire. (Photo by Archimage/Alamy Stock Photo)

Through the keyhole: how the finest mansions in Georgian Britain were furnished.

The 30th Annual Academy Awards, Los Angeles, 1958. (Ralph Crane/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

13 remarkable moments in the history of the Oscars

Naked statues, naughty gods & bad wine.

Workers reaping and binding sheaves, from the Luttrell Psalter c1330

What was feudalism?

A 16th-century portrait of Bess of Hardwick. Bess's talent, ambition and eye for a well-connected husband elevated her to dizzying levels of wealth and power in Tudor England. (Photo by Bridgeman Art Library)

Bess of Hardwick: schemer, social climber, scourge of Elizabeth I

A painting of the Coniston, a ship that befell tragedy

Q&AWhat is the greatest mishap caused by someone not realising the clocks had moved forward or back?.

Episode 3The corporation at war.

Regé-Jean Page and Phoebe Dynevor meet for a dance in Bridgerton

Q&AHow did people learn to dance in Baroque and Regency times?.

A stone statue of a woman's torso with a drop of blood over the abdomen, representing women's bodies and menstruation

General History

A history of menstruation

c1935: Beatrice Shilling sits astride her Norton motorcycle. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

5 women inventors you should know about from history.

The Napoleonic Wars: everything you wanted to know.

Prohibition: busting myths about the ban on booze.

General History

QuizWomen's history

Woolton pie, a vegetarian dish popular during WW2

Historical recipe:Woolton pie.