The all-female Forty Elephants lived by their own shoplifting and pickpocketing code – now a new series from the creator of Peaky Blinders tells the true story of the gang.

In February 1965, the BBC reported from the funeral of the black nationalist leader in Harlem, New York, as thousands of people queued to pay their last respects.

A new exhibition of more than 200 photographs charts 300 years of image-making in the US, showing how the country's history and photography have run in parallel.

Researchers are piecing together evidence of our impact on the planet through the marks we’ve left on nature, such as from chemical spills or conflicts.

The Uzbekistan government is on an ambitious tourism drive – but is sparring with heritage experts over how to protect its historical sites.

Historians and experts, along with the film's star and director, discuss how accurate the Oscars' best picture favourite The Brutalist is.

Sanjana Bhambhani's ancestors fled their homeland during India's Partition – and her family gradually lost their mother tongue. Can she now reclaim it?

Abraham Lincoln's wife was long attacked for everything from her spending to her lack of emotional restraint. But with two new plays about her, she is finally getting better press.