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Why was King James VI and I obsessed with witch hunts?
A holocaust of their time, historians have long attempted to explain why and how the European witch craze that spread around Europe between the 15th and 18th century took such rapid and enduring hold....
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Anglo-Saxon kingdoms: everything you wanted to know
Were the Anglo-Saxons always called the Anglo-Saxons? What did it take to make or break an early medieval king? And how did Christianity revolutionise the governance of their kingdoms? Speaking to...
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Clotilda: the last slave ship to America
The transatlantic slave trade was formally abolished in both Britain and the US in 1807 and 1808 – yet slave ships were still forcibly bringing enslaved African people to the Americas right up to the...
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Ancient armageddon: the battle of Megiddo that led to the rise of a great...
The King of Kadesh knew that he had gambled both his position and his life. Not only had he instigated a revolt against the Egyptian pharaoh, Thutmosis III, but he had also allied with Egypt’s enemy,...
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Conspiracy Revisited: The JFK assassination – Oswald’s second murder
In part 2 of a special bonus episode of our Conspiracy series, Rob Attar and Gerald Posner delve deeper into the questions surrounding the assassination of JFK. Who did Lyndon Johnson think was behind...
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Harold Wilson: 5 facts about the Labour Party prime minister
How much do you know about the former leader of the Labour Party? Here we bring you five facts about Harold Wilson… Harold Wilson was the youngest member of the cabinet in the 20th century Harold...
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Mary Wollstonecraft: life of the week
Mary Wollstonecraft was a firebrand thinker of the Enlightenment – proposing radical ideas about the fundamental rights of women. And her life was just as groundbreaking as her work, from having a...
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Death & hubris in west Africa: how two British expeditions met with disaster
In the early 19th century, two different British expeditions headed into the interior of West Africa – and both ended in disaster. But what was driving the expeditions, and why were they so...
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Lord Byron: 9 objects that defined the infamous poet’s life and story
The teenage letter-writer In May 1798, the fifth Lord Byron died. The unexpected heir to the title was his great-nephew, George Gordon Byron, who became the sixth Baron Byron of Rochdale at just 10...
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Is Franklin a true story? The real story of Benjamin Franklin and the...
By the time Benjamin Franklin arrived in France in December 1776, he had found immense fame for his inventions and scientific experiments; he enjoyed successful careers as a printer, publisher and...
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Medieval medicine: everything you wanted to know
What would a medieval first aid kit have contained? What were the era’s strangest cures? And is it true that it was better to steer clear of the doctor altogether in the Middle Ages? Speaking to Emily...
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HistoryExtra Academy video lecture: What is a witch? with Professor Marion...
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History TV and radio in the UK: what’s on our screens this week?
Bettany Hughes’s Treasures Of The World Channel 4 Saturday 13th April, 7pm In which Bettany Hughes heads for Estonia, where she visits the island of Saaremaa to see evidence the Vikings were on the...
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Horrible Histories: 15 years of death, poo and talking rats
Since it first hit TV screens back in 2009, Horrible Histories has brought Terry Deary and Martin Brown’s hugely successful series of books to an entire generation of children. As it marks its 15th...
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Who was Schinderhannes and why is he known as the ‘German Robin Hood’?
Johannes Bückler, also known as Schinderhannes, still has plenty of fans today who see him as the ‘German Robin Hood’. Posterity has painted him as a loveable rogue breaking the law for good and even...
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When and why did the US get involved in WW2?
The United States of America officially declared its involvement in WW2 in December 1941, following Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December. In his famous “Day of Infamy” speech before Congress...
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Thomas ‘Boston’ Corbett: the man who killed Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes...
Thomas ‘Boston’ Corbett is a vital figure in the story of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the subsequent hunt for John Wilkes Booth – events depicted in the Apple TV+ series, Manhunt, which...
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Lord Byron: life of the week
Famously branded “mad, bad and dangerous to know”, Lord Byron captured the imagination – and attention – of early 19th-century Britain with his soul-bearing poetry, decadent lifestyle and torrid love...
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Sathnam Sanghera on the legacy of empire
Your new book explores the impact of the British empire around the world, which is obviously a weighty, complex topic. But I wanted to begin in the place it starts: on holiday. Can you tell us about...
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