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Published: November 28, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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MembershipvideoI tried on THE dress from Pride and Prejudice. Here's how it felt
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
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As a new docudrama follows three real Romans from the historical record through the Pompeii disaster, we sat down with Hollywood actor Tom Hiddleston to find out how ancient history reaches through time
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Alan Turing is remembered for cracking the Enigma code during the Second World War – but his greatest legacy may have come afterwards…
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Classicist and author Daisy Dunn reacts to the latest trailer for Christopher Nolan's The Odyssey, exploring the gods, monsters and the surprising details that show faithfulness to Homer's world
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Why did one date become America's national holiday while the other faded into the background? HistoryExtra’s Elinor Evans explores the dramatic story behind the United States Declaration of Independence
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Charlotte Vosper explores the remarkable life and career of Marilyn Monroe and reveals the hardworking, career-driven woman behind the blonde bombshell image
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The intricate florals and pretty curling vines of William Morris’s Victorian designs hide a much more radical history. Find out more from HistoryExtra's Elinor Evans…
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Explore the key events of D-Day, with historian and broadcaster Taylor Downing – from Eisenhower’s risky decision to Hitler’s delayed reaction…
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From the high stakes of the D-Day decision, to the portrayal of Group Captain James Stagg, HistoryExtra's Charlotte Vosper takes a closer look at the real history explored in the film Pressure
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Without clear evidence, people are free to imagine all sorts of covert operations, secret brotherhoods, and powerful alliances. So what's the real history? Find out more from HistoryExtra's Isabel King…
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When a Viking force unlike any before it landed in England in the 9th century, it changed everything. HistoryExtra’s James Osborne explores how this formidable army was formed…
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Why, in the past, did people eat bits of dead body? And what sort of ailments were they believed to cure? HistoryExtra's Elinor Evans explains more
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HistoryExtra’s Rachel Dinning and Kev Lochun introduce the underfloor heating, fine mosaics and elegant rooms of Chedworth Roman Villa in Gloucestershire, that reveal the surprising luxury of life in Roman Britain
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Hever Castle is the starting point of one of England’s most dramatic royal stories. Join HistoryExtra’s Rachel Dinning and Lauren Good as they step inside the childhood home of Anne Boleyn, with expertise from castle historian Dr Owen Emmerson
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Why do we still ban books?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
HistoryExtra's Isabel King explores the history of book censorship
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What was it like to do your business in a Roman communal toilet? How did Romans really use a sponge on a stick? HistoryExtra's David Musgrove explains all
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HistoryExtra’s Ellie Cawthorne took a brief look back at the wonderfully strange, surprisingly clever and occasionally downright bizarre history of pregnancy
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Who was the REAL Santa?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.
Red suit, white beard, a belly that shakes like a bowl full of jelly. That might well be your image of Santa – but there's more to the big man than that. Matt Elton busts three common misconceptions about Father Christmas
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HistoryExtra's Elinor Evans explores the true story behind the infamous destruction of tea in Boston Harbour in December 1773 – a radical act of defiance that helped ignite the American Revolution
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You KNOW who the Vikings are – bearded, brutish, spoiling for a fight, and ever ready to raid an Anglo-Saxon monastery near you. Or do you?
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Who invented Santa Claus? Why do we love Christmas trees so much? And when was Jesus really born? HistoryExtra's Lauren Good explains more
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Moats, murder holes and massive feasts – the HistoryExtra team visited Farleigh Hungerford Castle to find out more about life in a medieval castle
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If you thought Lord of the Rings, Rings of Power or The Hobbit was pure fairytale, you would be way off. HistoryExtra's James Osborne explains more
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Who was buried inside the ship at Sutton Hoo, one of the most significant archaeological finds in British history? David Musgrove explores the enigmatic burial site and explains more about what was found inside the Suffolk mounds
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Kev LochunDigital editor (audience and video)
Kev Lochun is digital editor (audience and video) at HistoryExtra
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