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Old Wardour Castle

Britain’s 7 most amazing ruins

Richard Burbage

Richard Burbage: the vanishing act of the star who outshone Shakespeare

A brief history of London tourism since 1800

8 of Britain’s best historical houses and gardens

Shakespeare’s best (or worst) villains

Music and revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Uncovering China's Terracotta Army

My favourite place: Paris, France

1922 in pictures: nationalists, navies, mountains and modernism

Q&A: When were the first film trailers shown?

A baby wears pink.

A brief history of colour

A view over Yaoundé, Cameroon

My favourite place: Yaoundé, Cameroon

How networks shape history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Great Court, British Museum, Bloomsbury, London. (Getty Images)

Heaven… on Earth. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Royal Opera House. (Getty Images)

History Explorer: Opera in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Church of Santo Domingo de Guzman in Oaxaca Mexico

ExploreOaxaca: Central Mexico’s “fair and beautiful city”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 19th-century auction that saved Shakespeare’s birthplace

BBC History Magazine

My favourite place: Cody, Wyoming

The lost objects of South Asia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The brilliance of Henry James. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto and a mountain in the background

ExploreKyoto: Japan’s city of gardens and geishas. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What happened when the Rolling Stones rocked Warsaw?

Jane Austen and Tudor London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Beatles arrive in Japan

1966: the Beatles' tumultuous world tour

Should historical place names be changed to fit modern values? Historians debate

The Giralda tower and cathedral seen across the Plaza de la Alianza, Seville, Spain. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Seville, Spain

Armoured cars unloaded in Shanghai in 1927

China’s public image war

A group of women cycling along the beach at Newquay, c1923. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Choppers, burners and boneshakers: the rise of British cycling

Demonstrators block the gates of the Greenham Common Airbase, tied together with string. The demonstrators were members of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) group. (Getty Images)

The nuclear 1980s

BBC History Magazine

In profile: the 2017 Wolfson History Prize shortlist