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Bust of Homer c850 BC. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

“We are all Trojans...”: Homer’s poetic legacy

The battle for the US Constitution: how the 14th Amendment is under threat

BBC History Magazine

My favourite place: Kathmandu

Our Kind of Traitor: an interview with former MI6 intelligence officer Nicholas Anderson

The Brontë family.

The Brontës at war: how Charlotte and Branwell brought Waterloo into their drawing room

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton star in the 1967 film adaptation of William Shakespeare's 'The Taming of the Shrew'. One of the playwright's most notorious couples, Katherine and Petruchio are far from a harmonious love match. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

Shakespeare’s 7 most notorious couples

Shakespeare’s London: playing a dangerous game

Swan Theatre, Bankside, London, interior from drawing by Johannes de Witt. The Shakespearian theatre, erected c1593 on Bankside – could hold 3,000 spectators – typical of the time. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

At the playhouse: watching Shakespeare's plays in Elizabethan England

German astronomer Johannes Kepler c1620. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

The astronomer and the witch: Johannes Kepler’s fight to save his mother from execution

Student life and working class culture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Revenant and the real Hugh Glass: how historically accurate is the film?

Verdun and the Renaissance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of HMS Intrepid, under the command of Irish explorer Captain Francis Leopold McClintock, trapped in pack ice in Baffin Bay, c1853. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

OpinionWhy the British love a plucky loser

The Beatles perform onstage at the Cavern Club, Liverpool in February 1961. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

History explorer: the swinging sixties. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In pictures: Frank Sinatra at 100

A canal in Venice, Italy

My favourite place: Venice, Italy

Witness Walls in West Yorkshire

The LibraryHistory explorer: The Brontës. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 strange facts about the history of apples

The Death of General Wolfe

The Georgian craze for popular history

The end of the Cold War and British culture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In pictures: Egypt – faith after the pharaohs

“Studying history is the ultimate passport to the future”

Life of the Week: Ian Fleming

Patricia Simmons recording the speaking clock.

Q&AWho voiced the original speaking clock?

The Brontës and a revolutionary artist. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh

Simon Schama's portraits of a nation

Celts special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

In pictures: Celtic art and identity

'The Cricket on the Hearth' published in 1845 by Charles Dickens. (Image by Getty)

Cats in history: 3 curious tributes

BBC History Magazine

8 weird and wonderful pictures from the past