February 2024

A photo of a group of pyramids against a clear blue sky.

General ancient history

Wanderlust: Bettany Hughes on the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World

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Michael Wood on the rise of Britain's universities. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Butter, Milk, Eggs And Beef

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QuizHistorical food. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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QuizWhich woman from history said this?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American Gothic by Grant Wood

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QuizArt decades. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jonah being devoured by a whale

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QuizMedieval manuscript animals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black and white sunset at Westminster abbey with the Big Ben backlit taken in may before starting the repair works at the tower.

General Modern

QuizPolitics

King Lear

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QuizHistorical misconceptions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cinemas in New York City, circa 1970.

20th Century

QuizHistory on the screen

A family watching television in their home, circa 1955.

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QuizHow well do you know the history behind everyday inventions?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Close up of grey and red squirrels in autumn

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Britain’s squirrel wars: the 150-year battle between reds and greys. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Madonna of Humility, 1544. The nursing Virgin Mary is based on a Byzantine icon, but also on the direct observance of a mother with her baby. Everyday intimacy is coupled with Christian symbolism. (Image from TopFoto)

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An act of love: breastfeeding in the medieval period. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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General History

QuizFamous quotations

Bayeux Tapestry with a figure missing

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QuizWho's missing from these images?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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General History

QuizBBC History Magazine trivia

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Death on the canal: inside a Victorian crimewave. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George C Wolfe and Bayard Rustin

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My history heroGeorge C Wolfe chooses Bayard Rustin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry Kissinger

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“Whatever you want to say about Kissinger, he had consequence”: the life and legacy of the American diplomat. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cultural historian Christopher Harding

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Christopher Harding“Europeans have been obsessed with the east’s spiritual depths since Alexander the Great”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

: SS soldiers with Jewish people before their execution at Babyn Yar. “Each of these murders took place face to face. It was an intimate and barbaric process,” writes James Bulgin. (Photo by YAD VASHEM ARCHIVES)

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How the holocaust began. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.