The Black Widows of Liverpool
Angela Brabin uncovers the gruesome tale of serial murder committed by a group of women in the poorest districts of 19th-century Liverpool.
History Today
Natalie Zemon Davis
Daniel Snowman meets the historian of ‘Martin Guerre’.
The Birth of Richard III
The last Plantagenet king was born on 2 October 1452.
Florida: Front-Line State in 1962
Mark Weisenmiller explains how, forty years ago, the ‘Sunshine State’ played a pivotal role in the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Museum of the British Empire and Commonwealth
In-house historical adviser Katherine Prior introduces this new museum which opens at the end of September.
The British Museum: 250 Years On
David M. Wilson, former director of the British Museum, describes the founding of the famous institution.
Apocalypse: The great Jewish revolt against Rome, 66-73 CE
Neil Faulkner sees the destruction of Jerusalem and fall of Masada in the 1st century as the result of a millenarian movement that sought to escape the injustices of an evil empire.
God and the Normans
David Crouch reconsiders William I and his sons as men of genuine piety – as well as soldiers.
First British Atomic Bomb Test
Britain's first atomic bomb was detonated on 3 October 1952.
Music at the Horniman Museum
Janet Vitmayer previews the new Music Gallery at the Horniman which is due to open this winter.