HistoryExtra Home of Britain’s bestselling history magazine and award-winning podcast 2026-10-23T08:07:05.000Z https://www.historyextra.com/author/laurengood/feed/atom HistoryExtra <![CDATA[History crossword: 16 October]]> https://www.historyextra.com/membership/history-crossword-16-october/ 2026-10-23T08:07:05.000Z 2026-10-23T07:31:30.000Z View Riddle on the source website]]> HistoryExtra <![CDATA[The History Round: our weekly trivia challenge]]> https://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/weekly-history-quiz/ 2026-10-23T07:31:14.000Z 2026-10-23T07:31:14.000Z Test your knowledge with our general knowledge weekly history quiz...

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Did you know we have other regular quizzes here at HistoryExtra? To test your historical knowledge even further, try our daily quizzes, or our weekly crossword.

]]> HistoryExtra <![CDATA[Can you solve our history crossword of the week?]]> https://www.historyextra.com/period/general-history/crossword/ 2026-10-23T07:30:10.000Z 2026-10-23T07:30:10.000Z View Riddle on the source website]]> Lauren Good <![CDATA[From plague 'searchers' to strawberry birthmarks: a history of women's bodies]]> https://www.historyextra.com/membership/from-plague-searchers-to-strawberry-birthmarks-a-history-of-womens-bodies/ 2026-10-16T16:00:07.000Z 2026-10-16T16:00:07.000Z What was 'nidgeting'? How did women know they were pregnant before modern tests? And what did people in the past believe a mother’s imagination could do to her unborn child?

In this episode, Lauren Good speaks to historian Erin Maglaque about her book Presence, which explores the history of the female body – and society's longstanding beliefs about it.

]]> HistoryExtra <![CDATA[History crossword: 9 October]]> https://www.historyextra.com/membership/history-crossword-9-october/ 2026-10-16T07:31:04.000Z 2026-10-16T07:30:53.000Z View Riddle on the source website]]> Lauren Good <![CDATA[The country house at war]]> https://www.historyextra.com/membership/the-country-house-at-war/ 2026-10-16T15:54:00.000Z 2026-10-14T10:53:16.000Z It might be assumed that the owners of Britain's country houses weren't hugely affected by the Second World War, and that they continued to live in luxury in their vast estates. However, as Judith S Lewis explains to Lauren Good, that wasn't the case. From the conscription of upper-class women to stories of great loss, she charts the roles that country houses and their occupants really played in the war effort.

]]> Lauren Good <![CDATA[I tried on THE dress from Pride and Prejudice. Here's how it felt]]> https://www.historyextra.com/membership/i-tried-on-the-dress-from-pride-and-prejudice-video/ 2026-10-08T08:31:53.000Z 2026-10-09T08:30:05.000Z What's it like to wear some of the most iconic dresses from period drama?

HistoryExtra's Lauren Good visits the costume house Cosprop in London, one of the world’s leading costumiers for the film, television and theatre industries, to try on some very special garments.

Dressed by women's specialist costumier Clara Drumez, Lauren hears the techniques and tricks behind your favourite period drama costumes, and how they're used to bring Austen's work and Regency-era history to life on screen.

Cosprop is currently holding an exhibition, Costume Couture: Sixty Years of Cosprop, at Dovecot Studios in Edinburgh, where you can see for yourself the most iconic costumes they've created. It runs until 16 January 2027.

View Green Video on the source website]]> HistoryExtra <![CDATA[History crossword: 2 October]]> https://www.historyextra.com/membership/history-crossword-2-october/ 2026-10-09T07:32:04.000Z 2026-10-09T07:31:48.000Z View Riddle on the source website]]> HistoryExtra <![CDATA[History crossword: 25 September]]> https://www.historyextra.com/membership/history-crossword-25-september/ 2026-10-02T07:32:04.000Z 2026-10-02T07:31:59.000Z View Riddle on the source website]]> HistoryExtra <![CDATA[History crossword: 18 September]]> https://www.historyextra.com/membership/history-crossword-18-september/ 2026-09-25T07:31:04.000Z 2026-09-25T07:30:14.000Z View Riddle on the source website]]>