How the sacrifice of 16-year old Essex lad Jack Cornwell led to him becoming one of the youngest Victoria Cross heroes
Charlotte Bronte at 200: How the Jane Eyre novelist defied gender boundaries
On the 200th anniversary of her birth, we take a look at Charlotte Bronte’s remarkable life
Why the discovery of Shakespeare’s First Folio is so important to historians
Emma Smith, professor of Shakespeare studies at Oxford University, reveals all on the hunt for the elusive First Folio
Protestant martyrs and Tudor torture: Bloody Mary I wasn’t as bloody as Henry VIII
How Elizabethan anti-Catholic propaganda tarnished the legacy of England’s first female sovereign: Mary Tudor
23-year-old “tomboy” Violette Szabo faced down the SS to save her friends
In February 1945 Violette Szabo was executed by the Nazis with a single shot to the back of the head. She was aged just 23.
Calamity Jane: The hardscrabble life that didn’t make the musical
Calamity Jane’s real story is shrouded in rumour, but we do know that her life wasn’t easy
Conquering Everest: An infographic of Edmund Hillary’s climb to the top
Follow Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay’s epic journey to the top of Earth’s highest mountain
Bluffer’s guide to the Spanish Inquisition
Want to sound like a history whizz at the dinner table? Then read our 3-minute guide to the blood-curdling Spanish Inquisition…
Did Suffragette martyr Emily Davison really mean to kill herself?
Discover the arguments for and against the Suffragette suicide at the Epsom Derby
The gruesome origin of ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’
The phrase ‘Sweet Fanny Adams’ came into popular usage in Victorian England to mean nothing or very little, but was there a real Fanny Adams? The answer is yes, and her story is anything but sweet
Ada Lovelace: The first computer programmer?
This unusual countess was one of the most influential figures in the history of technology, and one you have most likely never heard of
All About History Volume 2 is now on sale!
There’s just too much to choose from for this edition of the year’s best All About History content
George IV & Caroline of Brunswick: Adultery, Conspiracy and a Match Made in Hell
Buried in debt, George IV faced an ultimatum… set aside his secret wife and marry his cousin
Did William Webb Ellis really invent rugby?
Over the next six weeks, teams from twenty nations will compete to hoist the William Webb Ellis Cup. Or should that be the Jem Mackie Cup?
“I didn’t feel too good about dropping the bomb – but I didn’t feel too bad about dropping it either”
Having served 58 missions in Africa and Europe during World War II, Theodore ‘Dutch’ Van Kirk transferred to the 509th Composite Group. He was the navigator on the Enola Gay, which, on 6 August 1945, dropped the first atomic bomb … Continued
Follow Queen Victoria’s reign with the Book of the Victorians
Explore the life and times of Britain’s longest-reigning monarch with this new bookazine from the makers of All About History
5 most infamous impostors
Whether duping others for money, a crown, prestige or simply for an adrenalin ride, meet the impostors that have made their own mark on history…
10 terrifying medical devices from history
It’s normal to get anxious before going to the doctor or dentist, but in the days before modern medicine, you had every right to be absolutely terrified…
Commemorate the 75th anniversary with the new Battle of Britain bookazine
The story is told through incredible images, rare documents and heartbreaking letters
Anglo-Saxon superbug cure: How Medieval medicine can still save lives
Professor Christina Lee on changing our perceptions of the Dark Ages
7 unbelievable inventions from Winston Churchill’s secret war lab
7 inventions that helped (or didn’t do anything) to win World War II
10 eerily normal photos of history’s most evil people
10 cheery photographs of Hitler, Stalin, the Ku Klux Klan and more
Discover All About History’s Events that Changed the World
New All About History bookazine Events that Changed the World is on sale today
Fury director David Ayer: “Tanks won World War II”
David Ayer talks making Fury and doing a Second World War right