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Jacky Klein and Dr Bendor Grosvenor at Haddo House. (BBC/Tern Television/Dan Gol

Britain's Lost Masterpieces: behind the scenes with Dr Bendor Grosvenor

Finding HMS Terror: the Franklin Expedition and making sense of the past

Churchill's army: the wartime leader’s military track record examined

Who was Nellie Bly?

History’s big numbers

Britain’s Lost Masterpieces. (BBC/Tern Television/Dan Goldschmeid)

TV & radio: what to tune into next week (24–30 September 2016)

Queen Victoria with her children and grandchildren, many of whom were married in

Friends, family and rivals: Queen Victoria and the European empires

An engraving demonstrating the uses of gunpowder including mortars, cannon, rock

Accidental explosions: gunpowder in Tudor and Stuart London

Michael Scott.

Winchester History Weekend: 5 minutes with Michael Scott

Michael Wood on… Alfred the Great

Did women revolt in Europe?

18 September AD 96 – Domitian is stabbed

TV & radio: what to tune into next week (17–20 September 2016)

Illustration by Femke de Jong.

Jujitsu suffragettes

Andrew Lownie.

York History Weekend: 5 minutes with Andrew Lownie

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