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Billy Strachan with his wife, Joyce Smith

Legends of Windrush: Influential Caribbeans who made Britain their home
Sunrise at Pegwell Bay

4 unusual tales from Britain's beaches
Painting of the Battle of Waterloo

Major historical anniversaries in June
Women wearing floral wreaths celebrating the summer solstice

Party like a Pagan: 5 ways to celebrate the summer solstice
Ancient skeleton buried in the sand

An ancient murder mystery: Who was the Rosemarkie Man? 
Fields of tents at Glastonbury overlooking a stage

The history of Glastonbury
King Charles III waving

God Save The King: Charles III's Royal life
Cricket bat and ball

The history of The Ashes
A field of crops on a summer's eve

4 historic pagan customs for the summer's first harvest
Female dressed in medieval clothes

Old Wives' Tales that will bring you luck this summer
A Victorian woman

4 villainous Victorian women accused of murder
Silhouette of a man holding his child's hand

Name of the Father: Why is it Father's Day not Dad's Day?
Actor portraying Howard Carter exploring Tutankhamun's tomb

Ancient Mysteries Season, this summer on Sky HISTORY
Pirate treasure chest

The mystery of Blackbeard's treasure: Where is it buried?
Wernher von Braun with the F-1 engines of Saturn V

Operation Paperclip: How Nazi scientists advanced American space travel
Globe Monument on Norwegian island, Mageroya

8 fascinating facts about the summer solstice
Stonehenge

5 popular theories about why Stonehenge was built
A helicopter dropping water on a wildfire in California

The biggest wildfires in recorded history  
Corjan Mol

'It does something to your imagination': Q&A with 'The Curse of Oak Island’s' Corjan Mol
Deadman's Curse

10 free episodes you can watch on HISTORY Play in June 2023
A tombstone in a graveyard

Resurrection Men: The scourge of the body snatchers

Rainbow Pride Flag

The history of Pride Month
A photo montage of The British Museum, the Imperial War Museum and Greenwich Park in London

8 free historical days out in London to do this summer
Portrait of Saladin

Saladin: Richard the Lionheart's worthy adversary
Busts of Hadrian and Antinous

5 gay rulers from ancient history
Hands cupping the setting sun

Debunking the myths about the summer solstice
Boer guerrillas during the Second Boer War

5 little known facts about the Boer War
18th century portrait of Alfred the Great

King of the English: The life of Alfred the Great
An adventurer visiting Petra

Five real-life adventurers who may have inspired Indiana Jones
British migrants on the deck of a ship to Australia

The true story of the 'Ten Pound Poms'
A graphic composite image showing a WWII RAF plane and a map of the Caribbean

Pilots of the Caribbean: The most influential Black RAF pilots from WWII
A man in a hooded robe mixing potions

Goldfinger: 6 famous British alchemists
West View of Newgate by George Shepherd

Capital punishment: 7 lost London prisons
Mata Hari performing an exotic dance

6 seductive sex spies from history
WWII fighter plane with a rainbow banner overlayed

Roberta Cowell: The WWII fighter pilot who made trans history
Substack logo on a smartphone

7 history Substacks you need to subscribe to