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Artemisia I of Caria

Three kickass warrior women of history who you might not have heard of

Women's history

Alexander Graham Bell

Great Scottish inventors who changed the course of history

The surprising history behind your favourite Japanese cuisine

Anne Boleyn in the tower

Who was Henry VIII's most unfortunate wife?

Kings and Queens

The Curse of Oak Island

The Lagina brothers buy access to the alleged cursed Oak Island, in attempt to find its secrets once and for all despite the risks.

Mystery Season

The Lagina brothers: net worth & biggest finds

How much are the Lagina brothers worth? Your questions answered

The Curse of Oak Island

Replica of the helmet from the Sutton Hoo ship-burial by Ziko-C | Wikimedia

Sutton Hoo: Discovering the face of history

The story of the single most iconic Anglo-Saxon artefact of all time: the Sutton Hoo helmet

Ancient History

The Secret Journal

Roswell The First Witness

Rasputin with his wife and daughter

6 myths about Rasputin debunked

Mysteries

Does an army officer's secret diary reveal new clues to Roswell?

Roswell The First Witness

All Saints Church, Dunwich

Britain's Atlantis: Dunwich, the sunken city of Suffolk

Mysteries

Curse Of Oak Island s7: trailer

Curse Of Oak Island Season 7: trailer

The Curse of Oak Island

The Curse of Oak Island – season six finds and theories

The Curse of Oak Island

Grimsby-born Gary Drayton was a successful treasure hunter in his own right before joining Curse of Oak Island

What a 'Bobby Dazzler': Gary Drayton interview

The Curse of Oak Island

At the swamp, Rick detect a 20 ft (6 m) wide anomaly

Searching the swamp

The Curse of Oak Island

7 important Japanese inventions from history

Japan

There’s no doubting the seismic impact these quirky little symbols have had on the mass communication

The history of emojis

Popular Culture

The history of Japanese knife making

Food and Drink

Traditional Japanese knives and their uses

Japan

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From Ides of March to Mayday: Five ways to welcome spring

Popular Culture

The greatest pharaohs of Ancient Egypt

Legends of the Pharaohs

Chess board | Pixabay |

The history of chess: 'The immortal game'

Popular Culture

Roman mosaic of a woman, British Museum | Pixabay | Public Domain

The Ivory Bangle Lady and the multi-culturalism of Roman Britain

Not What You Thought You Knew

Anne Boleyn in the tower

Who was Henry VIII's most unfortunate wife?

Kings and Queens

Equestrian portrait of Catherine in the Preobrazhensky Regiment's uniform, by Vigilius Eriksen | Public Domain

Catherine the Great and the coup that made her Empress

Russia

Elizabeth I and the Tudor succession crises: 1558 - 1603

Tudor History

The House of Bonaparte: How Napoleon used his family to build an empire

The House of Bonaparte: How Napoleon used his family to build an empire

Kings and Queens

Roman mosaic of a woman, British Museum | Pixabay | Public Domain

The Ivory Bangle Lady and the multi-culturalism of Roman Britain

Not What You Thought You Knew

Ignatius Sancho, 1768 by Thomas Gainsborough

Black Britons who shaped history

British History

Black History Month | The battle against racism continues

Black History

Miss Lala, born Anna Olga Albertina Brown was a famous 19th-century acrobat | Public Domain | Wikipedia

How ‘Not What You Thought You Knew's’ Dr Fern Riddell uses Ancestry

Black History

Artemisia I of Caria

Three kickass warrior women of history who you might not have heard of

Women's history

Noor Inayat Khan

The real-life women who inspired WW2 screen heroines

Women's history

Catherine the Great

How did Catherine the Great really die?

Women's history

Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring by Laura Knight | Wikimedia | Public Domain

Civilian professions during WW2

Women's history

Duchess of Gordon painted by Daniel Gardner

What does Bridgerton get right about the Regency period?

Popular Culture

The burning of the White House: When British forces invaded Washington

History of America

George IV of the United Kingdom by Henry Bone | Public Domain

Language and politeness in Regency Britain

British History

Prince Charles Edward Stuart. Eldest son of Prince James Francis Edward Stuart. Painted by William Mosman around 1730 | Public Domain

Bonnie Prince Charlie: Rebel prince

British History