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SIEGE OF TOULON

TOULON, FRENCH REPUBLIC SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER 1793

REDISCOVERING THE FORGOTTEN LIVES OF QUEER MEN

We speak to the editor of a groundbreaking new collection that uncovers what life was like for gay men when homosexuality was illegal in Britain

FEMALE PHYSICIANS OF THE MIDDLE AGES

Determined to make a difference despite the male dominance of the medical world, these pioneering women overcame numerous obstacles in their efforts to aid the infirm

"EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE DAVID, NOBODY WANTS TO BE GOLIATH"

Author Terry Deary discusses his career, writing history, the success of Horrible Histories and his new book

THE FALL OF THE RUSSIAN EMPIRE

How military errors and a failure to modernise helped to bring down the tsars

“lo Saturnalia!"

What was the 'Roman Christmas\"?

VICTORIAN UNDERWORLD

Discover the gangs that lurked down the dark alleys of 19th century Britain

A HISTORY OF FEASTING

Brian Hayden explains the social, political and cultural importance of these grand occasions

JAPAN HAD INVADED INDIA?

In 1944, the war in South Asia reached a critical moment as Japanese offensives threatened Allied control of north-eastern India and beyond

BATTLE OF EYLAU

PREUSSISCH EYLAU, EAST PRUSSIA (NOW BAGRATIONOVSK, KALININGRAD OBLAST, RUSSIA) 7-8 FEBRUARY 1807

"HENRY V WAS THE PERFECT MEDIEVAL KING"

Historian Dan Jones discusses the kingship of Henry V and his passion for medieval history.

The Mother of a Nation

Uncover the life, art & mysterious legacy of Shin Saimdang

James Baldwin

This author, essayist, playwright, poet, activist and wit used his work to challenge prejudice.

PLAYING With HISTORY

Game designers David Thompson and Dave Neale discuss turning the past into a tabletop experience.

Queen ANCIENT Lovers

Romance took many forms, even in the earliest civilisations

FLAWED FOUNDING OF THE UNITED STATES

Were the seeds of Civil War already written into the American Constitution?

BRINGING MODERN ART TO THE PEOPLE

The director of Modern Art Oxford, Paul Hobson, tells us about one of the UK's top contemporary art institutions.

THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE

Guy Ritchie's entertaining WWII thriller throws light on Operation Postmaster

SURVIVING A FINANCIAL CRISIS

Jame DiBiasio explores how financiers can learn from the mistakes of the past

FORT KNOX BULLION DEPOSITORY

United States 1937-present

MUSSOLINI HAD JOINED THE ALLIES?

Driven by ambition, Italy's participation in the Axis war effort led to the collapse of its empire, the fall of the Fascist Party and Mussolini's death Interview

BATTLE OF DETTINGEN

DETTINGEN (MODERN-DAY KARLSTEIN AM MAIN, GERMANY), 27 JUNE 1743

THE USSR's FAKE OLYMPICS,

Having boycotted the 1984 games in Los Angeles, the Soviet Union hosted its own competition

Hürrem Sultan

From slave girl to imperial consort, how one girl captured the heart of an emperor to become the most powerful woman in Ottoman history

OVERTHROWING THE MONGOLS

How a Buddhist rebellion toppled the mighty empire and began the rise of the Ming dynasty Written

MAKING A MONSTER

Natalie Lawrence explores the creation of enchanted creatures through 15,000 years of history Interview

SECRETS OF THE PYRAMIDS

From sacred rituals to hidden treasure, uncover why these world wonders were built

Greatest Battles - BATTLE OF SHIROYAMA

KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN, 1-24 SEPTEMBER 1877

WOMEN IN COMPUTING

From Ada Lovelace to the codebreakers of WWII, John Croucher discusses the role of women in computing

"IT'S IMPORTANT THAT BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED PEOPLE OWN OUR OWN HISTORY"

Blindness and blind people have usually been framed in history as inspirational or tragic, but now Selina Mills wants to question that narrative