Who Was The Venerable Bede and Why Does He Matter?
The Venerable Bede is one of the most significant figures in Anglo Saxon history. As Edoardo Albert explains, he was a scholar, an historian and a visionary.
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Hans Welser and John Rayner: Experts of Cold War British Propaganda
Rory Cormac tells us about Hans Welser and John Rayner two British propaganda agents who operated from WW2 through the Cold War.
Who Was King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway?
Don Hollway tells us about the extraordinary life of Olaf Tryggvason, the Viking King of Norway.
The Thrilling Finish to the 1908 Olympic Marathon
The marathon at the 1908 Olympic Games in London provided one of the most dramatic moments in the history of athletics
The Might and the Mystery of King Offa of Mercia
Offa of Mercia is an enigmatic figure in Anglo Saxon history. Powerful and respected, Rory Naismith tells us about this formidable king
The Royal Air Force's Bombing Offensive Against Nazi Germany
Richard Strachan, author of the WW2 novel Night Fire, examines the history behind the RAF's aggressive bombing campaign against the Germans
The Beauty and the Terror in Renoir’s ‘Pink and Blue’
This 1881 portrait of Alice and Elisabeth Cahen d'Anvers would inspire Catherine Ostler's The Renoir Girls
The Hapsburgs and the French Revolution
Upon the outbreak of the French Revolution, Europe's first family, the Hapsburg, were propelled into a crisis that they struggled to contain
Firing A Punt Gun (1923)
We look at a strange, divisive and forgotten weapon that was banned in the USA but tolerated in Great Britain
Politics and the Past: A Spring Update from Unseen Histories
In President Trump's eyes the British Prime Minister 'is no Winston Churchill'. But is that such a bad thing?
King Henry VII and a Year of Great Peril for the Tudors
In 1497 Henry VII faced multiple threats to his throne. That summer his survival, and that of the House of Tudor, seemed very much in question