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Scrabble tiles on a game board reading 'Merry Christmas'

The history of your favourite Christmas board games
The Statue of Liberty poking out of a Christmas box

4 crazy Christmas gifts from history
A stock image showing a fire place and Christmas mince pies

20 festive facts you didn't know about Christmas
A photograph of a pagan themed festive dinner

The pagan roots of Christmas
Above: Police near the wreckage of Pan Am Flight 103 in the town of Lockerbie, Scotland

The Lockerbie Bombing: 35 years on

A child opening an advent calendar

Counting down to Christmas 2024: The history of the Advent Calendar
A stock image of prison bars

How Pablo Escobar made his own prison palace
Photo of The Postal Museum's tunnel walk

Win a walk through history with The Postal Museum Tunnel Walk competition
Changing the Guards at Buckingham Palace

6 longest-running daily ceremonies and traditions in Britain
A Christmas market

A festive history of Christmas Markets
Statue of Dr Samuel Johnson in London

The fascinating origins of Dr. Johnson's iconic dictionary
JFK

5 little known facts about the life of JFK
A newsstand with papers and magazines with headlines about JFK's death

Why hasn't the US government released all of the JFK files?
'The Frost Fair of 1814' by Luke Clenell

England's most famous forgotten fairs
A man dresses as Krampus during an Austrian procession

4 scary companions of Santa Claus
A photograph of Stonehenge at night

Debunking the myths about Stonehenge
Rick and Marty Lagina

How to watch 'The Curse of Oak Island' season 11 in the UK
Russell Kane with guests Jon Richardson, Alex Brooker and Ellie Taylor

What's coming up on 'Evil Genius with Russell Kane'?
Photo of JFK moments before he was assassinated

Major historical anniversaries in November
Russell Kane

Dropping 'truth bombs' on history: Russell Kane discusses his new show 'Evil Genius'
Flag and illustrations of the British East India Company

The rise and fall of the East India Company
David Cameron

The comeback kids: 7 British Prime Ministers who returned to government
A photograph of the new Royal British Legion paper poppy

A history of the poppy
Ferris Wheel at the Pripyat theme park

8 mysterious ghost towns from around the world
The West Kennet Long Barrow in Wiltshire, England.

4 impressive ancient burial sites in the UK
3 darts on triple 20

10 sports not in the Olympics
Hieroglyphic calendar

5 ancient calendars that shaped how we measure time
Defendants in the Beer Hall Putsch trial

The Beer Hall Putsch: Hitler's failed coup d'état
A statue of a court jester and the Union Flag

Fools' gold: British history's most famous court jesters
An edited image showing an aerial view of Catwick, Yorkshire and the road sign for the village, surrounded by digitally added poppies

What are Doubly Thankful Villages?
A fireworks display over Albert Bridge in London on the 5th November

History of Bonfire Night
Matt Jones on the wing of the Silver Spitfire

'It's a delightful aircraft to fly': The pilot who circumnavigated the earth in an 80-year-old Spitfire
William Shatner with a Big Foot standing behind him

10 free episodes you can watch on HISTORY Play in November 2023
Ouija Board

The spooky history of Ouija Boards
Silver spitfire

Win a copy of 'Silver Spitfire: The Longest Flight' companion book
Harvest festival in Strömfors Ironworks, Loviisa

Kekri: Finland’s answer to Day of the Dead