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Reading the runes: what we can learn about everyday life in the Viking Age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“Impaled on a stake and left to die”: crime, punishment and law enforcement in ancient Egypt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historical baby names: a guide to baby name trends from the Anglo-Saxons to today

Video podcastThe Great Exhibition: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shopping and snacking: a social history of the high street. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ordinary Vikings: hidden histories of the Nordic world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastTea history: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian women detectives. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

20th Century audioA hidden history of black civil rights

General Modern audioHow did the US get so many guns?

The challenge of writing histories of the British empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Wood on crafting a national narrative“We need a meaningful story for the new generation – our composite union”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri's hidden histories: "I wish that there was no need for specialist history months". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Our 10,000-year quest for equality. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

War and pieces: 5 games from history that were about much more than fun. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

Fierce and furious: who are the most powerful gods of war throughout world history?

Video podcastPractical magic: curses, spells & cunning folk. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The history of migration: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“Roman roads turn up so often” | Catherine Fletcher on what the Romans did for European transport networks. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How games changed history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Counter revolution: how the kitchen changed in the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lines on a map: borders that shaped world history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastThe Grand Tour: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The worst Roman emperors: 8 of the bloodiest from ancient Rome's history

Hidden labs, sex gardens & torture attics: secrets of British royal palaces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“People have achieved all kinds of crazy things at the age of 18” | Alice Loxton on the teens who've changed British history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 things you (probably) didn't know about... late medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhat was a scalawag?

Beauty before durability: the interwar beginnings of fast fashion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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