Historical people

10 facts about Wuthering Heights author Emily Brontë

Portrait of the Bronte sisters

The Brontës: the unfortunate and unlikely tale of the world’s “greatest literary sisters”

The arrival of Sir Walter Raleigh in Virginia

What happened to the lost colony of Roanoke Island?

Four Murder, Inc hitmen are questioned by detectives

Murder, Inc: the rise and fall of New York City’s mafia hitmen

Bill Nighy and Olivia Cooke in 'The Limehouse Golem'.

The real history behind Victorian thriller ‘The Limehouse Golem’

A group of fighter pilots of No. 32 Squadron relax beside their Hawker Hurricane Mk I fighters at RAF Hawkinge in July 1940

The Few: who exactly were the heroes of the Battle of Britain?

A view of Mount Everest

Mystery on Everest: did Mallory and Irvine reach the summit in 1924?

Thomas Becket murder

7 controversial saints in history

Portrait of Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester (1532–88) an English nobleman. Dated 16th century. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Robert Dudley: Queen Elizabeth I’s great love

Simo Häyhä, said to be the deadliest sniper in history

Second World War

The world’s deadliest sniper: Simo Häyhä

Portrait of Sir Isaac Newton

Isaac Newton: life, discoveries, rivalries and the truth about the apple

Francis Drake portrait

Francis Drake’s forgotten role in the English slave trade

Statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson in Trafalgar Square London

Should we judge historical figures by the morals of today?

Marble bust of Nero

Emperor Nero: the tyrant of Rome

Olaudah Equiano (Photo by Getty)

General Early Modern

Who was Olaudah Equiano – and why was his story of slavery so important?