Q&A

Is Boudicca buried at Platform 9¾? © Getty Images

Is Boudicca buried at Platform 9¾?

Did people take drugs in Tudor times? © Getty Images

Did people take drugs in Tudor times?

What were the signals in fan language? © Getty Images

What were the signals in fan language?

Elizabeth I, Queen of England and Ireland, c1588 © Getty

How much did Elizabeth I spend on her dresses?

How did William the Conqueror mark Christmas? (public domain)

How did William the Conqueror mark Christmas?

An Allegory of the Tudor Succession: The Family of Henry VIII, c. 1590. © Getty

Tudors Q&A: Jessie Childs

Who voiced the original speaking clock? © Getty Images

Who voiced the original speaking clock?

Why is Hartlepool Football Club called the ‘monkey hangers’? © Wikimedia Commons

Why is Hartlepool Football Club called the ‘monkey hangers’?

Which mouldy fruit saved lives during D-Day? © Getty Images

Which mouldy fruit saved lives during D-Day?

Has the British weather always been bad? © Getty Images

General history

Has the British weather always been bad?

When was the worst time to live in Britain? © Getty Images

When was the worst time to live in Britain?

Have the British always been heavy drinkers? © Wikimedia Commons

General history

Have the British always been heavy drinkers?

What’s the oldest chat-up line in history? © Getty Images

What’s the oldest chat-up line in history?

Where did the famous portrait of Che Guevara come from? (public domain)

Where did the famous portrait of Che Guevara come from?

What is a daguerreotype? (public domain)

What is a daguerreotype?