The Victorians may not have invented Christmas, but they certainly introduced and revived many of the traditional elements we celebrate during the festive season today. Emma Slattery Williams investigates the origins of some of our festive favourites…
This year, we've created more than 250 episodes of the HistoryExtra podcast, on topics ranging from mysterious Cold War killings to the lives of Viking women. As we near the end of the year, the team behind the podcast offer their top picks to listen to over the holidays…
For those who lived in the extensive territories controlled by King Charles I's enemies during 1645, there was to be no Christmas that year. Mark Stoyle investigates the Puritan assault on the festive season…
In the Middle Ages, donkeys (or 'asses') became synonymous with human idiocy. But, says Dr Kathryn Smithies, the animal paradoxically also came to represent 'the good Christian' and could help you win an argument in medieval Europe...
For centuries Emperor Nero has occupied a place in history's hall of infamy, courtesy of tales of Christian burning, wife beating and mother murdering. Yet does he truly deserve his diabolical reputation? Shushma Malik considers the evidence...
Edward Jenner, the pioneer of vaccination against smallpox, would have been called 'Dr' Jenner. And yet his teacher – John Hunter, a pure surgeon – would have been addressed as 'Mr'. What is the history behind these two titles?
On the latest episodes of the HistoryExtra podcast: Kathryn Smithies discusses the economic and cultural significance of donkeys in the Middle Ages; Trevor Barnes details the 1960s operation to uncover the infamous Portland Spy Ring; and George Goodwin answers questions on the history of Christmas ...
Discover the story of Britain's most mysterious mountaineering legend
'This bonkers ripping yarn of derring-don't is a hell of a ride' The Times
As government expeditions schemed to conquer Everest, World War I veteran, Maurice Wilson, conceived his own crazy, beautiful plan: he would fly a Gipsy Moth aeroplane from England to Everest, crash land on its slopes, then become the first person to reach its summit - alone.
Wilson didn't know how to climb. He barely knew how to fly. But he had pluck, daring and a vision - he wanted to be the first man to stand on top of the world. Read the untold story now.
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