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Day of the Dead characters
Autumn sonata: Ancient rituals that mark the change of the season
William Shatner
William Shatner and the history of civillan space travel
A traditional Samhain turnip lantern
Samhain and the pagan roots of Halloween

Popular Culture
An Aztec picture
Take heart: Bloody execution in the Americas from the Aztecs to the Incas
Percy Fawcett
Five real-life adventurers who may have inspired Indiana Jones

Adventurers
Photograph of Tuskegee airmen
The Tuskegee airmen: America's first black aviators

Tuskegee Airmen
The UnXplained with William Shatner
William Shatner Interview: 'You become unglued because of the mysteries'

The UnXplained
Al Murray: Why Do the Brits Win Every War?
Brand new series: 'Al Murray: Why Do the Brits Win Every War?' Coming this autumn 2021

Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War
Quiz: Why Do The Brits Win Every War?

Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War
Ouch! 8 of the most brutal execution methods from the ancient world

Ancient History
HMS Brisk and Emanuela. Capture of slave ship, also known as Manuela, an 1854 | Public Domain | Wikipedia
The blockade of Africa: how Royal Navy ships fought the slave trade

Black History
Bust of the Emperor Caracalla who was of African descent
The history of black Britain: Roman Africans

Ancient History
Painting of Dido Elizabeth Belle by David Martin
The story of Dido Elizabeth Belle: Britain's first black aristocrat

Black History
Fred Sirieix and Al Murray
Al Murray: Why Do the Brits Win Every War: Episodes

Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War
Harold Rex Interfectus Est | Bayeaux Tapestry | Public Domain
­­­­­­How the Battle of Hastings was won

Battles
Darwin used taxidermy to preserve Galapagos goldfinches. The differences he observed between species played an important part in developing the theory of evolution.
John Edmonstone – the man who taught Darwin

Not What You Thought You Knew
A photograph showing flames across the Greenwood section of Tulsa
'Black Wall Street in flames': The thriving community destroyed in the Tulsa race riots

Black History
The 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
The Tulsa Massacre: The single worst moment of racial violence in US history

Black History
Martin Luther King delivers his 'I Have a Dream', speech before the Lincoln Memorial
Why August 28 Is such an important date in black History
Andrew Watson with his team mates
Andrew Watson: The first black international footballer who captained Scotland

Sport
James I
Surprising facts about Scotland's lesser-known kings
A photograph showing Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their fist on the podium
1968 Olympics Black Power salute

Sport
Ignatius Sancho, 1768 by Thomas Gainsborough
Black Britons who shaped history

British History
A group of African musicians from the painting, the Engagement of St Ursula and Prince Etherius
Black Tudors: The fascinating lives of Africans living in Tudor England

Tudor History
Photograph of Lewis Latimer and Mary Seacole
Black History Month and the importance of celebrating black British history

Popular Culture
Malcolm X and Martin Luther King
The lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King: The firebrand and the pacifist

Black History
Photograph of Walter Tull
HISTORY's Forgotten People: Walter Tull

Sport
John Jellicoe Blair and an RAF Plane
John Jellicoe Blair and the Black RAF

WW2
A photograph and painting of Mary Jane Seacole
The wonderful adventures of Mrs Seacole in many lands

Black History
Civil Rights Movement

History of America
A painting of an African man by Dutch painter Jan Mostaert
The story of Black History Month

Black History
Christ the Redeemer
These truly colossal statues are some of the tallest in the world

Popular Culture
Roman mosaic of a woman
The Ivory Bangle Lady and the multi-culturalism of Roman Britain

Not What You Thought You Knew
A photograph showing Althea Gibson playing tennis
Althea Gibson: The woman who shattered the race barrier at Wimbledon

Sport
A photograph of Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela Facts

Popular Culture
The life of Rome's first African Emperor: Septimus Severus
Severus: Rome’s first African Emperor

Ancient History