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A depiction of the Haiti Rebellion. From 1791-1804, the Caribbean isle of Hispaniola burned and convulsed as enslaved Africans rose up in rebellion after rebellion – finally emerging as independent Haiti. (Image by Getty Images)

The Haitian Revolution: the enslaved Africans who rose up against France.

Eric Liddell winning the 400-metre final at the 1924 Olympic Games

History heroDan Walker chooses Eric Liddell (1902–45).

The battle of Sandwich: England’s medieval Trafalgar.

Knights, dragons and beasts: the strange world of medieval romances.

UFO history10 top sightings and a timeline

A UFO photographed in New Mexico by a government employee. The image was released by the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization after careful study. It is unknown what the image shows.(Photo by Getty Images)

How UFOs conquered the world – without firing a shot.

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 8: Margaret Thatcher.

Portrait of William III of Orange, found in the collection of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

How glorious was the Glorious Revolution?.

A scene from Perceval, one of the Arthurian romances attributed to Chretien De Troyes

Who was Chrétien de Troyes, and why are his Arthurian romances important?.

Wolfson History Prize 2021 special.

Victorian London prison, Newgate. Prisoners in the exercise yard. Engraving by Gustave Doré, 1872 (Photo by Getty Images)

British prisons: everything you wanted to know.

Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (Photo by Alamy)

Ravenna: from Roman powerhouse to artistic hub.

Britain’s secret Jewish commandos.

Prisoners exercise and play sport in the courtyard of the Fleet Prison, circa 1872

Timeline: a history of prisons in Britain

A portrait of Jane Seymour, queen of England from 1536 to 1537 as the third wife of Henry VIII. Jane is remembered for being the only wife to provide Henry with a son and male heir (the future Edward VI). Jane died on 24 October 1537, most likely from puerperal, or childbed, fever. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

Jane Seymour: the queen Henry VIII loved most?

Fern RiddellSex: Lessons from History.

A Roman soldier stands on guard during a re-enaction at Birdoswald Roman fort in Carlisle

QuizHow much do you know about the remains of Roman Britain?.

Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn. (Photo by Parisa Taghizadeh courtesy of Channel 5)

Jodie Turner-Smith as Anne Boleyn: colour-blind casting and historical accuracy.

William Blake: “artist or genius, or mystic, or madman”.

Illustration of Brunhilda of Austrasia

The real Brunhild? The Visigothic princess behind the Norse saga

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Arrives Japan

Q&AHave the Olympic Games ever been cancelled?

c900 AD, Viking ships invading England. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

5 key Viking discoveries in Britain – and what they reveal about how the Vikings really lived

In partnership with Jorvik Viking Centre

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 7: Lord Salisbury.

QuizHow well do you know your warships?.

The curious tale of an Anglo-Saxon giant.

An aerial view of Tahiti

Jeanne Baret: the first known woman to circumnavigate the globe.

Tulsa race massacre: A man surveys the wreckage of homes in the Oklahoma city of Tulsa, June 1921. Two days of racist violence and destruction left what had been one of the United States’ wealthiest black communities in ruins

The 1921 Tulsa race massacre: the worst single incident of racial violence in US history.

The golden age of piracy: everything you wanted to know.

Why are we living longer than our ancestors?.

Painting the Tudors: Hans Holbein the Younger.