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A helicopter dropping water on a wildfire in California

The biggest wildfires in recorded history  
Corjan Mol

'It does something to your imagination': Q&A with 'The Curse of Oak Island’s' Corjan Mol
Deadman's Curse

10 free episodes you can watch on HISTORY Play in June 2023
A tombstone in a graveyard

Resurrection Men: The scourge of the body snatchers

Rainbow Pride Flag

The history of Pride Month
A photo montage of The British Museum, the Imperial War Museum and Greenwich Park in London

8 free historical days out in London to do this summer
Portrait of Saladin

Saladin: Richard the Lionheart's worthy adversary
Busts of Hadrian and Antinous

5 gay rulers from ancient history
Hands cupping the setting sun

Debunking the myths about the summer solstice
Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War

5 little known facts about the Boer War
18th century portrait of Alfred the Great

King of the English: The life of Alfred the Great
An adventurer visiting Petra

Five real-life adventurers who may have inspired Indiana Jones
British migrants on the deck of a ship to Australia

The true story of the 'Ten Pound Poms'
A graphic composite image showing a WWII RAF plane and a map of the Caribbean

Pilots of the Caribbean: The most influential Black RAF pilots from WWII
A man in a hooded robe mixing potions

Goldfinger: 6 famous British alchemists
West View of Newgate by George Shepherd

Capital punishment: 7 lost London prisons
Mata Hari performing an exotic dance

6 seductive sex spies from history
WWII fighter plane with a rainbow banner overlayed

Roberta Cowell: The WWII fighter pilot who made trans history
Substack logo on a smartphone

7 history Substacks you need to subscribe to
Britannic (right) next to Olympic (left)

Titanic's sisters: The luxurious Olympic-class ocean liners
7 World Trade Center

Why did Building 7 collapse?: 9/11 conspiracy theories debunked
Medieval torture chamber

Bizarre, brutal and absolutely barmy punishments from history - Part IV
The Royal Albert Docks with the Liver Building in the background

7 little known facts about Liverpool
The War Memorial of Korea

6 little known facts about the Korean War
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

Major historical anniversaries in May
Uhtred of Bamburgh

Who was Uhtred of Bamburgh?

Engraving of a Freemason initiation

5 secret societies with intriguing origins and rituals
James VI and I wearing the Three Brothers on his hat

History's most incredible lost treasures that may never be found
Ross Kemp

10 free episodes you can watch on History PLAY in May 2023
Greatest Heists with Pierce Brosnan

Survey finds 1 in 8 Brits believe they could pull off the perfect bank robbery?
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Greatest Heists With Pierce Brosnan

Greatest Heists With Pierce Brosnan: Official Trailer
Criminologist Dr Emmeline Taylor and journalist, Ben Ando

The Baker Street bank burglary: 'You'd have to be an absolute idiot or an absolute mastermind to try'
People stand in front of a large bonfire

The pagan roots of May Day
Lloyds Bank on Baker Street, London

The Baker Street bank burglary: Britain's most audacious bank heist
HIH Prince Alemayehu or Alamayou

The real Bridgerton: 6 Black aristocrats from British history
Pierce Brosnan in Greatest Heists

10 little known facts about Pierce Brosnan