Historian Linda Paterson explores the rise of the troubadours – the poetic performers who turned love, politics and desire ...

Historian Bettany Hughes reveals what growing up in the ancient Roman Empire was really like – from knucklebones and wooden ...

When Old Norse explorers reached North America, they made history. But their brief, violent encounter with its indigenous ...

This is how a royal Frankish dynasty turned flowing locks into a political weapon, and why cutting them could mean deadly ...

Behind the myth of the Minotaur lies the ancient Minoan civilisation – a culture steeped in ritual, rich in symbolism, and ...

A landmark US law passed more than 50 years ago helped build the world’s most successful national women’s football team.

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Lauren Good is the digital content producer at HistoryExtra. She joined the team in 2022 after completing an MA in Creative ...