The real Bronze Age world behind the Odyssey

Why did it take Odysseus 10 years to get home?

The author of the Odyssey is probably not who you think

America's unfinished business | Why the revolution never ended

No, Britain was never going to defeat the US in 1776

Is this the day that America REALLY declared independence?

Igniting a revolution | The crisis that created the US

Was Elizabeth I's reign REALLY a 'Golden Age'?

Elizabeth I's greatest enemies | Plots, rivals and the Spanish Armada

A woman in a man's world | Elizabeth I's remarkable rise to power

Young Elizabeth I | The making of a Tudor queen

Does Magna Carta matter today?

Magna Carta's aftermath | Why didn't 'Bad King John' keep his word?

Magna Carta's biggest myths | Expert historian explains

Was 'Bad King John' really that bad? | The road to Magna Carta

Why Pompeii's tragedy still captivates us today

What happened to Pompeii's survivors? Rome's forgotten refugee crisis

Countdown to disaster | The final day of Pompeii

Before the volcano | Life in ancient Pompeii and Herculaneum

Why the Nuremberg Trials matter

The Nuremberg Trials | Was justice served?

Nuremberg explained | The horror of the Holocaust revealed

The road to Nuremberg | The search for justice after WW2

Jane Austen: The final years of a literary genius

How Jane Austen's Hampshire cottage sparked her greatest novels

“I am to flirt my last” | Jane Austen’s tumultuous twenties

Becoming Jane Austen | The early life of a literary legend

Why Tudor England was more MULTICULTURAL than you might think

Were the Tudors really THAT superstitious?

Rich diets and dangerous habits .. food, fashion and festivals in Tudor England

What was daily life REALLY like in Tudor England?

Could YOU survive Henry VIII’s reign?

Chevalier D’Eon | A cross-dressing 18th century CELEBRITY spy?

The Zong massacre | A murderous insurance scam that exposed slavery’s horrors

The CRASH that bankrupted Britain | Everything you wanted to know about the South Sea Bubble

High society’s most DANGEROUS liaison | Henrietta Grosvenor and the king's brother

The MILLION pound forgery | Mrs Rudd vs the Perreaus

Why are we OBSESSED with the ancient Egyptians?

The DARK secrets behind ancient Egyptian worship

What the ancient Egyptians REALLY thought about the pyramids

Reconstructing Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: Examining the Historical and Archaeological Evidence

Why the Ancient Egyptians WEREN'T ancient

How William the Conqueror Brutally Secured Rule of England

How 1066 altered England’s fate FOREVER

The LAST Anglo-Saxon kings of England | Harold II and the road to 1066

The VIKING king of England: the story of King Cnut and the Danish conquest of 1016

Was Henry V really DESTINED for greatness? | Dan Jones & Helen Castor

BORN to be king!? Dan Jones and Helen Castor anatomise Henry IV

Dan Jones & Helen Castor: Was Richard II really a TYRANT?