Dockers unloading wine barrels

Social history

A group of supposed witches being beaten in front of King James I and VI

Why was King James VI and I obsessed with witch hunts?

Spying in the Troubles: the murky world of double agents in Northern Ireland.

Welsh mythology: everything you wanted to know.

Tying the knot: 500 years of wedded bliss and marital misery.

Video podcastTokyo’s devastating 1923 earthquake.

Video podcastThe Britons who rebuilt postwar Germany.

Back in the USSR: the Soviet Sixties.

A graphic of a feminine face, with a finger being held up to the lips in a “Silence please” gesture

Life hacks from historyHow to keep a secret.

Sepia image of workers at a Lancashire cotton mill

How people with learning disabilities thrived in the 20th century.

Venetian merchant Marco Polo travels along the Silk Road to Chin

General ancient history

Q&AWhat was traded on the Silk Road?

Elizabethan Daily Life, with Professor Tracy Borman.

Medieval dinner scene.

Medieval manners and etiquette: dos and don’ts of the Middle Ages.

Elizabethans quiz - week one.

From Russia to Texas: the search for a Jewish homeland.

Video podcastPeking to Paris: the world’s first great motor race.

Ravenmaster Chris Skaife at the Tower of London with a Raven

General History

What's it like to be Ravenmaster at the Tower of London?

St David, patron saint of Wales, in stained glass

Who was St David? The history of St David’s Day and its traditions

A woman holding a baby.

Life hacks from historyHow to raise a child.

An 1891 rugby match between England and Scotland

When was the first international rugby match, and who played in it?

The Chinese migrants chasing an American dream.

Video podcastLife writing: how to create a Victorian bestseller.

Video podcastTemperance in the Victorian era: why did people stop drinking?.

Video podcastVictorian newspapers: true crime and titillation.

Video podcastThe madcap world of the Victorian circus.

Howard with his dad in front of a blue plaque.

My life in historyBlue plaques historian at English Heritage.

Illustration of a woman drinking coffee, surrounded by coffee cups

The fascinating history of coffee.

Katherine Graham, owner of the Washington Post, and Truman Capote

The real story of Truman Capote’s Black and White Ball

An image depicting St Valentine

Saint ValentineWho was the patron saint of love and lovers?

The race across the Atlantic.

Vikings quiz - week two.