Jonny Wilkes

A former BBC History Revealed staff writer, Jonny has a lifelong love of history and continues to write for BBC History Revealed and HistoryExtra.com. Armed with a BA in History from the University of York (and a Journalism masters from Cardiff University) he has developed a fascination with ancient civilisations, the history of North America from the Founding Fathers, and everything around D-Day. Jonny has spent many hours on Normandy beaches, the cliff at Pointe du Hoc, and the town of Sainte-Mère-Église contemplating how that one day in 1944 changed the 20th century.

Kissing the Blarney Stone: a women hangs over the precipice with the aid of a friend as she attempts the feat at Blarney Castle in 1935

Medieval

What is the Blarney Stone, where did it come from and why do people kiss it?

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Arrives Japan

General Modern

Q&AHave the Olympic Games ever been cancelled?

Illustration of Despite being outnumbered, the Greeks gained vital supremacy at sea over the Persians at the battle of Salamis in 480 BC

Ancient Greece

The Peloponnesian War: Athens fights Sparta for dominance in ancient Greece

Harriet Tubman (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad: how one woman saved hundreds from hell. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Grigory Yefimovich Novykh, also known as Rasputin

20th Century

Rasputin: the 'mad monk' who became a friend to the Romanovs

Napoleon watches on as the fighting at Waterloo unfolds in this 1843 painting

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What if…Napoleon had won the Battle of Waterloo. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Colourised print of the Lighthouse of Alexandria as imagined in the 18th century

General ancient history

The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: what were they, and what happened to them?

Scene from the the Westminster Tournament Roll, commissioned by Henry VIII to document the lavish jousting tournament held to celebrate the birth of his son with Catherine of Aragon

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What if…Henry VIII's first son had lived?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Olaudah Equiano (Photo by Getty)

General Early Modern

Who was Olaudah Equiano – and why was his story of slavery so important?

Illustration of Elizabeth I in a cage

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What if...The Spanish Armada had landed?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tomb of Richard the Lionheart

Medieval

Q&AHow did Richard the Lionheart die? And where is he buried?

Photo of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles

Stuart

The palace of Versailles: Sun King Louis XIV's ultimate power play

General ancient history

When was toilet paper invented and what did people use before?

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