In 1605, a small band of English Catholics tried to destroy the king, his family and parliament in a single explosion. This ...
Showman and psychic researcher Harry Price turned Borley Rectory into a national sensation, and its infamy as a haunted house ...
Religious reformer Martin Luther’s message of spiritual freedom helped ignite the German Peasants’ War of 1525. But before ...
How did a law passed by Elizabeth I turn fashion into welfare? Ruth Goodman explains the story behind one garment and the ...
The strange and powerful symbol at the heart of one of history’s greatest temples reveals the importance of the goddess ...
Set alight by Reformation hopes and long-standing grievances, the German Peasants’ War looked like it might successfully ...
If you’ve ever posted a comment on social media, you’ve created a potential source for future historians. But what problems does this mass of new material pose? Matt Elton asked historians Jane Winter ...
From prehistoric burials to overcrowded Victorian churchyards, this is what our treatment of the dead throughout history says about the living ...
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