History

Can you help solve the mystery of this Black flower seller in 1800s Hastings?
black british history, hastings
History

Can you help solve the mystery of this Black flower seller in 1800s Hastings?

Karla-Simone Spence: The Confessions of Frannie Langton 'is as dark as it can get'
Karla-Simone Spence in The Confessions of Frannie Langton
tv interview

Karla-Simone Spence: The Confessions of Frannie Langton 'is as dark as it can get'

Living starring Bill Nighy is an elegant film but it's not a 1950s I recognise
Bill Nighy in Living
John Bird

Living starring Bill Nighy is an elegant film but it's not a 1950s I recognise

Top 5 food histories, chosen by Diane Purkiss
Medieval banquet
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Top 5 food histories, chosen by Diane Purkiss

Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce on Kim Philby drama: 'You can have a lot of fun in the spy genre'
Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce in A Spy Among Friends
espionage

Damian Lewis and Guy Pearce on Kim Philby drama: 'You can have a lot of fun in the spy genre'

How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film
The Dark Room illustration
thriller

How Lisa Gray found magic in forgotten spools of mystery film

Michael Morpurgo on War Horse turning 40: 'There will be no future without peace'
Michael Murpurgo with Joey
Culture

Michael Morpurgo on War Horse turning 40: 'There will be no future without peace'

Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands
An Impossible Return: a Novel by Caroline Laurent is set in the Chagos Islands
exile

Fighting the shameful legacy of colonialism in the Chagos Islands

Sorry, I Didn't Know: 'This show is decorating Black history with humour'
ITV panel show Sorry, I Didn't Know - featuring host Jimmy Akingbola and team captains Chizzy Akudolu and Eddie Kadi
TV

Sorry, I Didn't Know: 'This show is decorating Black history with humour'

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II
illustration of handcuffed prisoner in a forest
Books

Katyń: The forgotten massacre of World War II

Top 5 books on the Cuban revolution, chosen by Christopher Othen
Che Guevara graffiti
Top 5 books

Top 5 books on the Cuban revolution, chosen by Christopher Othen

JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother's childhood secret
illustration of a children's home
Books

JB Mylet: A dark history of orphanages and a mother's childhood secret

The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland
illustration of books in the snow
Books

The secret Nazi camps of Finnish Lapland

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History is one of the most original queer history books of recent years
rainbow street crossing
book reviews

Bad Gays: A Homosexual History is one of the most original queer history books of recent years

A surprising dark secret in Dartmoor prison
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Books

A surprising dark secret in Dartmoor prison

Chad Orzel: What happened to history's missing 10 days?
clock face
Books

Chad Orzel: What happened to history's missing 10 days?

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death
Auschwitz Block 10
Book reviews

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele review: A post-Holocaust hunt for the Angel of Death

Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage
Illustration of Annette Beaumanoir
Books

Epic Annette: A life of resistance and remarkable courage

How Herbert Ponting captured Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition
Books

How Herbert Ponting captured Scott's doomed Antarctic expedition

Glasgow's historic buildings have been neglected - but we must not repeat the mistakes of the past
Paul Sweeney

Glasgow's historic buildings have been neglected - but we must not repeat the mistakes of the past