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Forgotten female secret agents of WW2
Nov 28, 2025From sabotage operations to devastating betrayals, stories of the women of Special Operations Executive are some of the most incredible stories of the Second World War – but, says Kate Vigurs, many re...
What causes cultures to decline and fall?
Nov 26, 2025The new BBC TV series Civilisations: Rise and Fall charts the decline of some of history's most famous cultures, from the Aztecs to the ancient Egyptians. Three of its experts – Islam Issa, Caroline D...
Christopher Marlowe: life of the week
Nov 25, 2025From his possible espionage work for the Elizabethan state to his open flirtations with atheism and subversive sexual themes, the brief life of playwright Christopher Marlowe tells us much about the s...
Uprising: the Civil Wars untangled
Nov 24, 2025On 30 January 1649, Charles I was led on to a freshly erected scaffold outside Whitehall’s Banqueting House in London. Thousands of spectators watched in shock and awe as the king of England, Scotland...
The Nazis’ crimes laid bare
Nov 23, 2025When the Nazi leaders went on trial in Nuremberg from November 1945, the true horrors of their regime were exposed to the world. In the second episode of our four-part series on the trials, the lawyer...
What does Hitler’s DNA really tell us?
Nov 22, 2025A recent documentary drawing conclusions from new analysis of Adolf Hitler’s DNA has sparked headlines around the world. But how did the programme’s researchers get hold of the key evidence? And what ...
Mutilated corpses and undead mothers-in-law: vampire epidemics through history
Nov 21, 2025Fears of the undead rising from their graves to cause trouble have recurred in societies around the globe throughout the centuries. But why was your mother-in-law especially likely to become a vampire...
The problem with poo: a millennium of manure
Nov 19, 2025When did poo become a problem? Why was manure so important in the medieval economy? And why don't we have vacuum-powered sewers? All these questions – and more – are answered in this brief history of ...
James Garfield: life of the week
Nov 18, 2025US president James Garfield's life is often overshadowed by his untimely death in 1881, as the second president to be assassinated in office. However, his story is now once again in the limelight, tha...
A new history of multicultural Britain
Nov 17, 2025As Britain's influence on the world around it grew throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, so too did the world influence Britain – and a key part of that influence was the arrival of people from othe...