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A mummers play
Yule love this: 11 lost Christmas traditions from around the UK

Xmas
A mobile phone showing the Mystery Season survey on the screen
Mystery Season survey: Win an Amazon gift card worth £50

Mysteries
A silhouette in a doorway
Nightmare before Christmas: The forgotten tradition of Christmas ghost stories

Mysteries
Advent calendar
Counting down to Christmas: A history of the Advent Calendar

Xmas
Wars of the Roses
A brief history of the Wars of the Roses

Medieval History
The Benin Bronzes
Ancient African artefacts: From the Benin Bronzes to the Zimbabwe Birds

Black History
Adoration of the Kings in the Snow by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
8 forgotten Christmas traditions of the UK

Ancient History
Re-enactors from the Towton Battlefield Society
The battle of Towton: The largest and bloodiest battle ever fought on English soil

Military History
Margaret Beaufort who features in Royal Bastards
How much do you know about the Wars of the Roses?

Royal Bastards Rise of the Tudors
Royal Bastards
'She's very unusual for the 15th century': Historian Lauren Johnson on Margaret Beaufort

Royal Bastards Rise of the Tudors
Al Murray dressed as Admiral Nelson
'Nelson defeated the French single-handedly': Al Murray on his new show

Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War
Quiz: How much do you know about Britain's Military past?

Al Murray: Why Do The Brits Win Every War
Poppies
A history of the poppy

WW1
Royal Bastards:Rise of the Tudors
Watch Royal Bastards:Rise of the Tudors trailer

Royal Bastards Rise of the Tudors
Last Lady standing: The women of the Wars of the Roses

Medieval History
Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, CO of No. 242 Squadron, seated on his Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940 | Public Domain
Douglas Bader: The double-amputee flying ace of the Battle of Britain

Battles
Princess Elizabeth In Auxiliary Territorial Service uniform, April 1945
Four surprising ways that Queen Elizabeth II contributed to WW2

Kings and Queens
What's coming up in Royal Bastards? Episodes and more

Royal Bastards Rise of the Tudors
Rick and Marty Lagina
When does Curse of Oak Island S9 start in the UK?

The Curse of Oak Island
Rick and Marty Lagina
The top 25 treasures discovered on Oak Island… So far

The Curse of Oak Island
Margaret Beaufort
The kingmaker Margaret Beaufort: Mother of the Tudor dynasty
Mametz, Western Front, a winter scene, painting by Frank Crozier | Public Domain
Lesser known facts about The Battle of the Somme

WW1
Photograph of Walter Tull
Walter Tull: The Tottenham hotspur trailblazer and WW1 hero

Sport
Witches
Unlucky 13: A witches' brew of facts about the European 'witch craze'

Popular Culture
he Witch Trial by William Powell Frith
A discovery of witches: British witch trials in the 17th century

Popular Culture
10 little known facts about WW1

WW1
The Gunpowder Plot conspirators
Penny for the guys: What happened to the Gunpowder Plot conspirators?

Tudor History
A portrait of Horatio Nelson
How Nelson lost his arm and other facts about Britain’s greatest naval commander

Military History
History of Bonfire Night (Getty).
History of Bonfire Night

Popular Culture
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
A photograph showing Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their fist on the podium
1968 Olympics Black Power salute

Sport
Percy Fawcett
Five real-life adventurers who may have inspired Indiana Jones

Adventurers
The Battle of the Halbe
The Battle of the Halbe: The destruction of Hitler’s 9th Army

WW2
Thames Frost Fair
Winters of discontent: 6 of the worst winters in British history
Left: A portrait from Hopkins from the 1857 edition of The Discovery of Witches. Right: Mary Dyer being led to her execution
The life of Matthew Hopkins, the opportunistic 'Witchfinder General'
A traditional Samhain turnip lantern
Samhain and the pagan roots of Halloween

Popular Culture