‘I’m a mixed Black female historical re-enactor in a sea of men with beards’
Not everyone would want to spend their weekends dressed in a tunic fighting medieval battles, but my love of re-enacting is rooted in keeping history alive
‘Henry VIII is a serial killer and abuser’: why is Britain still so obsessed with the Tudors?
England has long adopted the version of events informed by the Victorians’ biases and neuroses. But what is behind the flood of 21st-century retellings, including the new TV series The Mirror and the Light?
Dame Janet Nelson obituary
Historian who combined impeccable scholarship with a high degree of empathy towards figures past and present
Heinz-Peter King obituary
Other lives: Lecturer and historian at St Andrews University who was an expert on the Cistercian Order
Undercover women: the story of how Victorian female police cracked crime
Although women weren’t allowed to become police officers until 1917, a new book explores their vital role as ‘searchers’
Trevor Burnard obituary
Exemplary historian with a mastery of archival research who focused on slavery and empire
Rampant slaughter! Sexy armour! Tiger maulings! We bust the gladiator myths
As swords and sandals make a bloody return to the screen, the ‘Colosseum consultant’ who advises all the epic productions about accuracy tells us why he is ‘paid to be ignored’
Dyan Colclough obituary
Other lives: Historian of child actors in British theatre and lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University
Richard Abraham obituary
Other lives: History teacher and writer on the leading figures of the Russian revolution
Chris Williams obituary
Other lives: Historian who specialised in research on Welsh radical traditions and edited Richard Burton’s diaries
Award-winning UK teacher aims to show adults their historical blind spots
Shalina Patel’s book highlights stories traditionally left out of the textbooks, particular those of women and people of colour
Readers reply: who has been treated most unfairly by history?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
Who has been treated most unfairly by history?
The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
James Sharpe obituary
Lecturer and social historian whose books on witchcraft transformed the study of the subject
Barbara Megson obituary
Other lives: Historian and author who liked to research everyday lives and unsung organisations