Isaac Newton investigating light

Science and technology

The place where TIME began | A history of GMT.

An illustration showing a king dressed in green and orange, sitting on a blue throne made out of books. He is reading from a long scroll

Love learning like Æthelstan.

Katya Adler and Rita Levi-Montalcini

My history heroKatya Adler chooses Rita Levi-Montalcini.

Dame Stephanie Shirley and Tommy Flowers

My history heroDame Stephanie Shirley chooses Tommy Flowers

Reshaping narratives, repatriation and Richard III : 25 lessons we've learnt from history in the last 25 years.

Nikola Tesla: life of the week.

Wrens worked as code-breakers at Bletchley Park.

Second World War

The female codebreakers of Bletchley Park

My history heroJames Coomarasamy chooses Andrei Sakharov.

British TV history: everything you wanted to know.

2024 in review: history behind the headlines.

Robot history: everything you wanted to know.

Victorian healthcare | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture.

William Dalrymple (Photo by David Hartley/Shutterstock)

“Like ancient Greece, India is one of the seedbeds of civilisation” | William Dalrymple on putting India back at the centre of global history.

Florence Nightingale: life of the week.

Cocaine: a Victorian sensation.

Medieval science: everything you wanted to know.

Croydon Aerodome, pictured in 1926. Two years earlier, Matthews’ threat to sell his ‘Death Ray’ to a French party had sparked a dash to this airfield by investors determined to stop him. (Photo by Getty Images)

Amazing livesHarry Grindell Matthews: the strangely inventive mind behind the aerophone and Death Ray.

The Catalan Atlas from 1375

North, south, east and west: how ancient civilisations found their bearings before the compass.

Hidden environmental histories of the last 500 years.

Aeronauts James Glaisher (left) and Henry Coxwell (right) pose in the basket of their hot air balloon

The balloon-riding Victorians who courted disaster: the true story behind The Aeronauts

Nicola Fox and Marie Curie

My history heroNicola Fox chooses Marie Curie.

Polish-born chemist Marie Curie

First World War

Marie Curie: a guide to the scientist's life, achievements and legacy

Italian Galileo Galilei.

How Galileo Galilei took on the church and changed the universe

Video podcastRenaissance eugenics.

Galileo: life of the week.

The Registration Room in Hut 6, Block D, Bletchley Park. (Courtesy of Bletchley Park)

Advertisement features

How did Bletchley Park shape the success of D-Day?

Advertisement feature from Bletchley Park

A model of the face of a Neanderthal woman in front of art depicting a prehistoric environment

General prehistory

When and why did Neanderthals go extinct? Explaining the loss of humanity's ancient siblings

Benjamin Franklin: life of the week.

Benjamin Franklin and the kite experiment

Benjamin Franklin’s greatest inventions – and famous kite experiment

The Magus: enlightened magician or Renaissance charlatan?.