This week marks the 120th anniversary of Queen Victoria's death and we've been marking the occasion on HistoryExtra with a dedicated week in her honour. Browse our selection of expert history articles now – from what she really looked like to historian Lucy Worsley on the queen's childhood...
Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz arrived in Britain as a teenager to marry King George III, and theirs would become a marriage of deep affection and domesticity. Yet hers was also a life increasingly blighted by tragedy. Following Golda Rosheuvel's star turn as the queen consort in Netflix drama Bridgerton, Catherine Curzon shares more…
Sutton Hoo's seventh-century treasures have fired up the imaginations of history lovers for decades, most recently inspiring new Netflix film The Dig. Professor Martin Carver talks to David Musgrove about the real history of the remarkable 1939 excavation…
Founded to give free healthcare to all, the National Health Service is one of the UK's most beloved institutions. But since it was founded in 1948, it's faced a slew of demanding challenges, from ballooning costs to lethal epidemics...
Over her almost 64-year reign, Queen Victoria amassed a fair few secrets. Do you know all of them? Test your knowledge of the diminutive monarch with our history quiz...
In the February issue, now on sale: Hugh Willmott argues that the Dissolution of the monasteries was no chaotic scramble for spoils, but a precision-planned operation; Levi Roach explores why counterfeit texts abounded in the Middle Ages; Lucy Worsley tells the tales of six Londoners trying to survive the bombs; and much more...
This week on the HistoryExtra podcast: Susan Cohen discusses the highs and lows of the NHS, from its creation in 1948 to the challenges it faces today; Paul Betts explores how postwar regeneration after 1945 was inspired by the contested concept of civilisation; and Helen Czerski looks at the impact of oceans on human history, from providing food to connecting trade routes...
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