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Agriculture - Getty Images

Agriculture

Animals - Getty Images

Animals

Photo of the Parthenon in Greece

Archaeology

St Paul’s Cathedral

Architecture

Art history - Getty Images

Art history

Black History - Getty Images

Black history

Dunluce Castle ruins

Castles and palaces

Crime and punishment - Getty Images

Crime and punishment

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Culture

Food and drink - Getty images

Food and drink

3-D Movie Viewers

Historical films

History in the home - Getty Images

History in the home

Industrial Revolution - Getty Images

Industrial revolution

Painting of Louis VIII and Blanche of Castille

Kings and queens

People march with a large rainbow flag in Reykjavik, Iceland. (Image by Photolibrary / Getty Images Plus)

LGBTQ+ history

Illustration of a Medieval Scribe

Literature

A Royal Navy 28 gun frigate c1794

Maritime history

Doctor bleeding a patient

Medicine and health

The charge of the light, battle illustration

Military history

Ancient Griffin-lion relief

Myths and legends

Soldiers at Nazi Party Rally in Nuremberg

Nazi Germany

10 Downing Street, the residence of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. (Photo by Getty Images)

Politics

Lucy Worsley

Popular historians

The Last Supper

Religion

Isaac Newton investigating light

Science and technology

Illustration of a couple

Sex and love

Dockers unloading wine barrels

Social history

Painting of Daniel Mendoza

Sport and leisure

Boys watching TV in the 1950s

TV and radio

Illustration of strange creatures

Weird and wonderful history

Photo of Mabel Capper and Patricia Woodlock advertising a meeting, Manchester, Lancashire, July 1908

Women's history

Revolution and war

A fierce clash between colonists and British troops in Boston on 5 March 1770

American war of Independence

French revolution

Russian civil war, 1919

Russia-Ukraine

Civil war

Soldiers in the Crimean War

The Crimean War

Social History

A portrait of William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody standing in front of his saddle, holding a rifle behind his back.

13 famous cowboys and gunslingers from the history of the American Wild West

Annie Gray (Photo by Melissa Rodrigues)

“Leisure was built into the whole shopping experience” | Annie Gray on the history of the high street. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Week six quiz: Victorian life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian family life | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kings and Queens

Mary I. (Getty Images)

Mary I: your guide to the life and rule of Henry VII's daughter – plus a timeline and 7 little-known facts

A portrait of King John of England

9 of the worst monarchs in history

Richard II and Henry IV of England. The cousins duked it out for control of England.

The tyrant and the usurper: Richard II v Henry IV. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What was Mary Tudor and Thomas Cromwell's relationship – did they plan to marry?

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Women's History

Nell Gwyn: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The outrageous heretical legend of Pope Joan, history’s only female pope

Susan B Anthony: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sarah Biffin: the brilliant artist who found fame and royal favour – despite having no arms or legs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Weird and wonderful

Manchester dog show, c1909

The surprising history of Victorian dog shows. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

President Joe Biden delivers a speech

General History

Life after the White House: what the US presidents did next

Tales from history's toilets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A man holds his head in his hands as he is visited by the ghostly apparition of a woman. A photographer's assistant is visible at centre, right.

General History

Halloween stories10 terrifying tales from medieval to modern history

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TV and Radio

Valeria Panepinto as Francesca Amato, Luca Morello as Matteo Amato and Lea Gavino as Sofia Amato in SAS Rogue Heroes.

History TV and radio in the UK: what's on our screens this week?

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau as William the Conqueror in series King and Conqueror

General History

Upcoming in 2025: historical anniversaries, exhibitions and television

Jack O'Connell as Paddy Mayne in SAS Rogue Heroes season 2

Second World War

SAS Rogue Heroes season 2 preview: "They’re very much thumbing their noses at authority"

Women in WW2 army uniform march in front of an airplane

Second World War

Is The Six Triple Eight a true story? The real WW2 history, as told by the movie’s historical consultant

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