ENGLAND HAD REMAINED A REPUBLIC?

Welcome

Hypostyle hall from the Great Temple of Abu

Defining Moments

ELVIS ON TV 9 September 1956 © Alamy

BATTLE OF SHIROYAMA

KAGOSHIMA, JAPAN, 1-24 SEPTEMBER 1877

WHO ARE THE PAGANS?

A new book explores the rituals and beliefs of ‘pagan’ communities through their material culture

CROSS OF IRON

The books, TV shows and films causing a stir in the history world this month

CHILDREN OF THE HOUSE OF CLEVES: ANNA AND HER SIBLINGS

An in-depth dive into the family of Anne of Cleves

AFTER THE NA ZIS

How West Germany rebuilt itself culturally following WWII

HISTORY VS HOLLYWOOD

Fact versus fiction on the silver screen

Key Events

The storage capacity of the Analytical Engine was

NASA PROJECT GEMINI COMPUTER ROOM

Goddard, Washington 1965-1966

BLETCHLEY PARK CODE BREAKER

United Kingdom 1943-1945

KENBAK-1

Widely considered to be the world’s first personal computer! USA, 1971

PIONEERS OF COMPUTING

The men and women whose invention and innovation helped to shape the modern world

WOMEN IN COMPUTING

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

COMPUTER MUSEUMS

Delve deeper into the history of calculation, robotics and the internet

GODS OF EGYPT

Discover how ancient Egyptians explained the mysteries of the world

What's in a name?

20 strangest royal nicknames from history (and where they came from) 

The Golden Age of Smuggling

Discover the age when the coasts of Britain were awash with illegal goods

VISIONS OF THE FUTURE

How did people from the past envision the world to come, and did their predictions come true?

Bess of Hardwick

ELIZABETH’S NEMESIS

“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