Ancient Tales
Do you know all the major periods in British history?
An illustration of life in the Palaeolithic period by Judith Dobie. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)Prehistory refers to the…
The race to identify all living creatures
In the 18th century, two men – Carl Linnaeus and Georges-Louis de Buffon – both independently took on a mammoth…
Charlotte Lydia Riley: “We need to get rid of the idea that Britain was humanitarian in its imperialism. That needs to go”
The reason I think that British people need to think more closely and carefully about the nation’s imperial past is…
The boy that emperor Nero made his ‘wife’: what the tragedy of the castrated Sporus tells us about homosexuality in ancient Rome
Sporus isn’t someone we can ever hear from directly. We only know about Sporus through the writings of Roman historians,…
King John: life of the week
Nick Vincent charts the life of one of the most infamous monarchs of medieval EnglandSpencer MizenPublished: October 8, 2024 at…
Emily Anderson: the secret life of Britain’s most senior female wartime codebreaker
In November 1962, at St John’s Parish Church, Hampstead, the funeral took place of a 72-year-old retired civil servant named…
Ordinary Vikings: hidden histories of the Nordic world
The official website for BBC History MagazineHomeMembershipOrdinary Vikings: hidden histories of the Nordic worldAll products were chosen independently by our…
Tea history: everything you wanted to know
HomeMembershipTea history: everything you wanted to knowChances are, like most of us, you probably enjoy a good cup of tea.…
Tea history: everything you wanted to know
Jane Pettigrew charts the extraordinarily long history of one of the world's most popular hot drinksPublished: October 6, 2024 at…
When Mosley’s fascists took on East End London and lost: the Battle of Cable Street explained
Who were the British Union of Fascists, aka ‘the Blackshirts’?Founded on 1 October 1932, the British Union of Fascists (BUF)…
Victorian women detectives
Apprehending thieves in the street. Disguising as housemaids to spy on adulterous husbands. Investigating and exposing child abuse. The exploits…
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The story of Agent Zo: the fearless female resistance fighter of WW2
While in Berlin, Zo had also collected a large block of cash to bring back to the resistance ‘Home Army’…
Gulbadan Begum: the Mughal Jane Austen
And when Gulbadan began to speak, she presented something even Akbar couldn’t fathom. She wished to embark on a journey…
