Letters

I do, I do, I do, I do, I do, I do...

While every detail of the imminent wedding of Prince Harry

Snapshots

While the black masks suggest a highway robbery may be

History in the News

Not all women in the early modern period were slaves

Time Piece

A look at everyday objects from the past

History in Colour

Colourised photographs that bring the past to life

Your History

The novelist and historian tells us why she shares Henry VIII’s lament for Thomas Cromwell, and why James I’s queen consort deserves more attention

Yesterday’s Papers

The death penalty would not be abolished for years, but support for hanging was, as it were, on the drop

This Month In...

After his triumph at Agincourt, England’s warrior king aimed to complete the conquest of the old enemy across the water

Time Capsule

Snapshots of the world from one year in the past

Graphic History

Going over in a wooden barrel is just the tip of an extremely ill-advised iceberg

To Kill the Cabinet

Over 200 years after Guy Fawkes, another murderous plot was hatched, which as Roger Hermiston reveals, could have hurled Britain into revolution

The Royal Weddings of Henry VIII

Alison Weir looks back at the six ‘happy days’ that preceded ‘divorced, beheaded, died...’

Wounded Knee Massacre

The tragic events of 29 December 1890 are not a scar on American history, but, as the name of the small creek in South Dakota suggests, a gaping wound. Julian Humphrys explores why

Top 10: Female Pharaohs

These leading ladies all grasped the reins of power in Ancient Egypt – most for the better

K-129: How the CIA Stole a Sunken Soviet Nuclear Sub

It sounds like the plot of a bombastic spy movie, but, as Josh Dean uncovers, Project Azorian required very real, very daring deception

In Pics: Lee Miller’s WWII

The former model was the first woman to follow the Allies into the combat zones of Western Europe

Ask the Experts

According to the historian Suetonius, the infamous Roman emperor Caligula

What’s On

This art exhibition commemorates 75 years since the launch of

Britain’s Treasures

On 19 May, this royal residence will host Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s wedding, but that is only the latest chapter of a story that spans more than 900 years

Books

WWII historian Richard Overy tells us why the pilots of

Postcards from the Past

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Photo Finish

Anne Frank, a Jewish girl of around five or six,