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Agriculture

Animals - Getty Images

Animals

Photo of the Parthenon in Greece

Archaeology

St Paul’s Cathedral

Architecture

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Art history

Black History - Getty Images

Black history

Dunluce Castle ruins

Castles and palaces

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Crime and punishment

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Culture

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Food and drink

3-D Movie Viewers

Historical films

History in the home - Getty Images

History in the home

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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

Lilian Lenton, collage by Rachel Dickens

Lilian Lenton, the 'Elusive Pimpernel': the courageous and daring suffragette who took direct action. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Was there a best time to be alive? The pitfalls of looking back for a nostalgic 'golden age'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A man stands on a platform in front of a crowd

Second World War

Why Schindler’s List remains relevant decades on

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

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Kings and Queens

“The reverberations lasted for generations” | Matthew Gabriele and David M Perry on the civil war of Charlemagne's grandsons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of King George V's funeral

The death of King George V – and why his doctor hastened his demise

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

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Women's History

Women's bodies: an unreliable history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bear fat, false rumps and arsenic makeup: 7 of the most bizarre beauty trends from the past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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Weird and wonderful

Ancient Egyptian pyramids against a purple starry sky

ConspiracyWere the pyramids built by aliens?

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.

More weird history

TV and Radio

The Last Musician of Auschwitz.

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

What is the greatest historical movie of all time?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

The best historical movies of all time

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

General History

Upcoming in 2025: historical anniversaries, exhibitions and television

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