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Edith Wilson

Edith Wilson: America's First (Acting) Female President
The Empire Windrush

The Empire Windrush: The story of the Caribbeans who came to Britain in 1948
A photograph of a traditional Japanese kitchen knife

Traditional Japanese knives and their uses
The coffin of the Unknown Warrior in state in the Abbey in 1920 | Wikipedia

‘Unknown by name or rank’: The grave of the Unknown Warrior
Justin Salinger plays Ulysses S. Grant in Grant

Interview with Justin Salinger, star of 'Grant'
The Oseberg ship at the Viking Ship Museum in Oslo, Norway

History of the Oseberg Viking Burial Ship

A stock image of a mosaic of a woman

The Ivory Bangle Lady and the multi-culturalism of Roman Britain
Squadron Leader Douglas Bader, CO of No. 242 Squadron, seated on his Hawker Hurricane at Duxford, September 1940 | Public Domain

Douglas Bader: The double-amputee flying ace of the Battle of Britain
Harold Rex Interfectus Est | Bayeaux Tapestry | Public Domain

­­­­­­How the Battle of Hastings was won
A photograph of a person sharpening a traditional Gyuto knife using a whetstone

The history of Japanese knife making
Gandhi photographed as a young man in South Africa in 1909

Before he became Mahatma: Gandhi in South Africa
Ignatius Sancho, 1768 by Thomas Gainsborough

12 Black Britons who shaped history
Rick and Marty Lagina

The top 25 treasures discovered on Oak Island… So far
Hitler and Stalin

The lives of Hitler and Stalin: Two sides of the same coin

Grimsby-born Gary Drayton was a successful treasure hunter in his own right before joining Curse of Oak Island

What a 'Bobby Dazzler': Gary Drayton interview
Marty Lagina

Little known facts about the Lagina brothers
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Top 10 Tips for photographing historic places
Picture of SS-Gruppenführer Heinrich Müller | Public Domain | Wikipedia

Heinrich Müller: The highest-ranking Nazi who got away
Unidentified's Luis Elizondo

'I find the truth': Luis Elizondo, former head of the US government's UFO programme
Equestrian portrait of Catherine in the Preobrazhensky Regiment's uniform, by Vigilius Eriksen | Public Domain

Catherine the Great and the coup that made her Empress
A witch holding candle close up

Witchcraft in the times of Henry VIII and beyond

Listen to Not What You Thought You Knew S2
Miss Lala, born Anna Olga Albertina Brown was a famous 19th-century acrobat | Public Domain | Wikipedia

How ‘Not What You Thought You Knew's’ Dr Fern Riddell uses Ancestry
A photograph of a theatre 'Stage Door' sign

5 Theatrical Traditions and Where They Come From
A painting of Chevalier d'Eon

Chevalier d'Eon: Gender non-conformity in the 18th century

A Timber wolf or Grey Wolf in Quebec, Canada

5 ways to survive a Wolf attack
A stock photo of a Viking Hat

Harald Hardrada: The last Viking
River Hunters in Durham

Rick and Beau incredible discovery from Durham’s riverside

The unsung heroes of WW2: Gurkhas
Ruby Loftus Screwing a Breech Ring by Laura Knight | Wikimedia | Public Domain

Civilian professions during WW2
A spitfire

How the Battle of Britain was won?
The 'Darnley' portrait of Elizabeth I

Elizabeth I and the Tudor succession crises: 1558 - 1603
A marble bust of Hannibal

Hannibal: The African general who almost toppled Rome

Was Churchill’s Dardanelles offensive doomed to fail?

What were the true motives of the Spartans at Thermopylae?

Unidentified S2: Episodes