The Battle for Britain’s Battlefields

Fly me to the Moon...

Just before Christmas in 1968 – a year marked by

Snapshots

The damage caused to Headland Baptist Church in Hartlepool during

History in the News

Tax records reveal that an English explorer’s voyage to the

Time Piece

A look at everyday objects from the past

History in Colour

Colourised photographs that bring the past to life

Your History

The host of innumerable historical documentaries and face of Time Team chats about causality, the spectre of war and the puzzle of Alfred the Great (it’s not the cakes)

Yesterday’s Papers

Another timeless front page from the archives

This Month In... 1955

Anniversaries that have made history

Graphic History

There have been 266 popes – but how are they

The King Obsessed with Witches

Once you had been accused of witchcraft in late 16th-century Britain, there was usually only one way out: the grave. Emma Slattery Williams asks historian Suzannah Lipscomb why James VI and I feared them so

Apollo 8

David Woods follows the trail of the first men who went to the Moon – not to land, but simply to see if humans could get there and back again in one piece. Their rushed mission, inspired by a Cold War-fuelled will to outdo the Russians, was a glimmer of light in the dark

Napoleon in Exile

He’d already escaped one island internment, but this time Napoleon’s banishment was permanent. All at sea in the Atlantic, the fallen French ruler’s final years were a battle of a different kind, writes Julian Humphrys

Top 10: Coincidences

Unlikely predictions, curses and acts of clairvoyance with jaw-dropping outcomes

The Woman Who Hunted Dinosaurs

She was one of the greatest fossil hunters in the world, who became her own tourist attraction and was known to kings. Why then, asks Rebecca Wragg Sykes, is Mary Anning only now getting the recognition she deserves?

Ask the Experts

After a hiatus of more than 1,500 years, the Olympics

What’s On

A guide to what’s happening in the world of history over the coming weeks

Britain’s Treasures

Once an unassuming market town, the success of its most famous resident ensures that Stratford-upon-Avon retains its Tudor charm

Books

This month’s best historical reads

Postcards from the Past

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Letters

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Photo Finish

France has fallen and the German army is in Paris