Dockers unloading wine barrels

Social history

Guy Fawkes “is like a modern-day jihadist,” says counter-terrorism expert

Mary I’s phantom pregnancy

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Engraving of a brewery

General ancient history

Q&AWho made the first booze?

BBC History Magazine

In pictures: shoes through history

8 weird and wonderful Victorian discoveries

What did people wear in Ancient Egypt?

A relief portrays patrons of a Roman tavern. (Photo By DEA / A. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

The dangerous streets of ancient Rome

Medieval universities and an unlikely friendship. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The undignified fates of the bodies of Anglo-Saxon kings in the medieval period

Gallipoli and famine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Officers at the Exchequer, 12th century England

Medieval immigration: “They’re heavy drinkers, barbarous and full of guile”

A portrait of greek scientist Claudius Ptolemy

Books interview with Steven Weinberg: "The history of science can prevent us from making the mistakes of the past"

Magna Carta, the Roman Republic and the Enlightenment: 11 historical concepts explained in minutes

The Victorians’ surprisingly liberal attitude towards gay men

What did people in the Tudor period eat?

9 people you didn’t know made history swimming in the River Thames

Picture of the Frost Fair on the Thames

Q&ADid the Thames used to freeze over?

Hadrian's Wall

Welcome to Britannia: Roman Britain in AD 130

Five things you didn’t know about the Caucasus

Banquet at a wealthy home in ancient Rome. (Photo by North Wind Picture Archives/Alamy)

Dormice, ostrich meat and fresh fish: the surprising foods eaten in ancient Rome

From rations to ready meals: the transformation of the nation’s diet

Food from the past and the history of illegitimacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In pictures: strange creatures through history

Picture of children being put to bed

Q&AWhat was 'pigging'?

Photo of a horse

Why do we say 'horse of a different colour'?

The Victorians’ grisly fascination with murder

Mistresses through history: the term wasn’t always about secret sex

A brief history of medieval magic