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Historian who changed our understanding of the industrial revolution by putting women centre-stage
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How were the lives of ordinary people changed by the French wars? This is anecdote-rich descriptive history at its best. By Vic Gatrell
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Author who blends DNA research with personal stories to examine how people inherit their family’s experiences says understanding how history has shaped you is empowering, writes Johanna Leggatt
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Did Charlotte Brontë kill her sisters? Was Hunter S Thompson murdered? And were Shakespeare’s plays actually written by Queen Elizabeth? It’s a fine night to burn your convictions, writes Ema O’Connor
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A book of medieval law that predates the Magna Carta and is described as ‘Britain’s hidden treasure’ has been made available to view online, writes Alison Flood
Anzac and Gallipoli are the novelist's terrain as much as the historian's