History

A look at the impact of color-blind casting for actors and viewers, and how it can reflect history.

Now that Mike Leigh's movie Peterloo is on general release, let's take a look at the history behind the tragic event it depicts. 

What was the real life history behind Cath's story in the emotional Season 8 premiere of Call the Midwife?

What is it about tea and the Brits? From polite tea parties to dunked tea bags, it's a constant. And what is a high tea anyway? We break it all down for you, right here.

A new BBC-HBO series will dramatize the life of English nineteenth-century industrialist, diarist, and explorer Anne Lister - also known as Gentleman Jack - whose life and same-sex marriage changed history.