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Painting depicting the signature of the armistice in the railway carriage

What happened on the Armistice of 1918?

Charlotte Pyke portraying Anne Vaux in Gunpowder Siege

Who was Anne Vaux and was she involved in the Gunpowder Plot?

Men of the 18th Machine Gun Battalion passing through St. Baussant in advance upon St. Mihiel

From neutrality to victory: America's influence on WWI
Phil Taylor celebrates

The 10 greatest darts players of all time
A person wearing a VR headset while sitting on a swing at the Gunpowder Plot immersive experience

Competition: Win four VIP tickets to the Gunpowder Plot Immersive Experience
A female viking warrior

Did Viking shield-maidens really exist?
A person changing the clock at 2am

When do the UK's clocks go back in 2025?
Lit candles celebrating diwalli

The history of Diwali: The five-day festival of light
Discovery of the Gunpowder Plot (1823) by Henry Perronet Briggs

Why did they try to blow up the Houses of Parliament?
An actor portraying Robert Catesby talks to acquaintances

How to watch 'Gunpowder Siege'
A copy of 'All Quiet on the Western Front' on a bookshelf

9 important books about World War I
Statue of Toyotomi Hideyoshi at Hokoku Shrine in Osaka, Japan

The true story behind Shogun
Protestors holding banners in St. Petersburg, Russia

6 revolutions and uprisings that changed history
A young girl lights candles for All Saints Day

5 haunting Halloween traditions from around the world
The White House on a sunny day

Remarkable records from US presidential elections
Lily Ebert

Lily Ebert, Holocaust survivor and Tiktok star, dies aged 100
A woman prays in front of the Crown of Thorns held by Knights of the Holy Sepulchre

8 of the world's holiest relics
Illustration of Robert Catesby

3 lesser-known Gunpowder Plot conspirators
A pile of human skulls lie on the forest floor in an abandoned cemetery

Field of Vampires: The mysterious mass grave of 450 vampires found in Poland

A sculpture of Baba Vanga in a park

What does Baba Vanga predict for 2025?
The TV Choice Awards logo next to the key art for 'Ross Kemp: Mafia and Britain' which shows Ross Kemp sitting at the bar of a British pub

Vote for Sky HISTORY and 'Ross Kemp: Mafia and Britain' at the TV Choice Awards 2025
Frank Fritz in his workshop

Frank Fritz: 1965 - 2024
An English Heritage blue plaque for Dr Harold Moody

Dr Harold Moody: A pioneer for racial equality in 20th-century Britain

Painting depicting the last stand of the Gunpowder Plot conspirators

The Holbeche House Siege: Where the Gunpowder Plot met its tragic end
President Charles de Gaulle steps out of a black car not longer his assassination attempt

The assassination plot that inspired 'The Day of the Jackal'
Black History Month - Sky HISTORY

Black History Month 2024: When is it celebrated in the UK?
Maj. Charity E. Adams and Capt. Abbie N. Campbell inspect the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion

The untold story of WWII’s all-women postal battalion
1865 photograph of Libby Prison

The remarkable story of the Libby Prison escape

A portrait of Michel de Nostredame (Nostradamus) shown within a crystal ball

What does Nostradamus predict for 2025?
Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix

How did abolishing the monarchy change France?
The Morning of the Battle of Agincourt (1884) by John Gilbert

9 little known facts about the Battle of Agincourt
A sign commemortating eight French people of the Jewish faith who were killed on Alderney during the war

The Pickles Report: Alderney’s hidden history exposed
Ross Kemp stands next to a masked man in an aircraft hangar

'It's violent and it's tough': Ross Kemp goes inside the Mafia
Ross Kemp sits at the bar in a pub while a gangster figure lurks in the back ground

Ross Kemp: Mafia and Britain – Official Trailer
Sicilian Mafia boss Vito Cascio Ferro holds a puppy as he sits with his sun who is holding a large rifle. The photograph is overlayed on a black and white and blurred image of a modern Sicilian road sign covered in bullet holes

From Sicily to New York: A brief history of the Mafia
The Kray Twins pictured in an East London flat

Whiskey, gangsters and alliances: Britain's surprising Mafia history