BBC History UK

June 2025 |

Rome’s worst nightmare Guy de la Bédoyère explains why the Spartacus slave rebellion of 73 BC rocked the ancient empire to its core. Making Malcolm X A group of strong women shaped one of the leading figures in the civil rights movement, says Ashley D Farmer. Victorian Britain’s fearless female felons Rosalind Crone probes five largely forgotten female-led crimes from the 18th and 19th centuries.