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A royal childhood
22nd July 2014
Toys and clothes are just some of the objects on show at Buckingham Palace this month
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Beat the teacher history quiz: end of year exam
22nd July 2014
School’s nearly out for the summer, but there’s one more exam to go – the end of year Beat the Teacher history quiz! Here we’ve rounded up seven of our previous quizzes – from Years 7 to 13 – to create an end of term bumper quiz. Do you have what it takes to get the history grade?
Russian troops in the battle of Tannenberg, 1914 (Mary Evans/SZ Photo/Scherl)
10 things you (probably) didn't know about the bloody eastern front in 1914
21st July 2014
The fighting that raged in the east during the First World War was just as fierce as that on the western front, but – according to historian Dr Prit Buttar – the battles between Russia, Austria-Hungary and Germany do not hold the same recognition. Now, Buttar is to redress this balance with his account of the chaos and destruction that ensued when the three powers collided
New education secretary Nicky Morgan - BEN STANSALL/AFP/Getty Images
“My advice to the new education secretary” – history teachers share views
21st July 2014
History teachers share their advice to the new education secretary, Nicky Morgan
Esther [Kerrie Hayes] - Ryan Mcnamara/Channel 4
The Mill: behind the scenes of the new series
19th July 2014
Historical drama The Mill returns to television screens for a second series this weekend
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Imperial War Museum London reopens with new WWI galleries
18th July 2014
The Imperial War Museum (IWM) London is due to reopen this weekend following a multi-million pound transformation, with new displays to mark the centenary of the First World War
19th Century British Library Newspapers archive
7 Victorian jokes have been given a modern twist - and they're hilarious
16th July 2014
Popular 19th-century jokes are to be brought back to life thanks to a pioneering Victorian meme machine. A team led by Dr Bob Nicholson from Edge Hill University is creating a new extensive database of Victorian jokes, which will analyse gags and semi-automatically pair them with an appropriate image (or series of images) drawn from the British Library’s digital collections and other archives.
The London Bathing Season, Punch, 1859
10 amazing Punch magazine sketches from 1859 to 1981
16th July 2014
Famous satirical magazine Punch is now available to browse online. The complete run of Punch from 1841 to 1992 has been uploaded to a fully searchable digital archive. Highlights include the comic works of William Thackeray and P G Wodehouse; full-page political cartoons by Alice in Wonderland illustrator John Tenniel and Winnie the Pooh artist E H Shepard, and Punch’s famous parliamentary sketches.
Anne (1665-1714) - Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images
Kings and Queens in profile: Queen Anne
15th July 2014
As part of our Kings and Queens series, James Anderson Winn, professor of English at Boston University and the author of Queen Anne: Patroness of Arts, tells you everything you need to know about Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart monarchs
Kingswear Castle near Dartmouth, Devon sleeps four people - The Landmark Trust
Historic holiday homes: look inside these 5 weird and wonderful buildings
14th July 2014
Unusual historic buildings including a former Victorian railway station are proving a hit with holidaymakers
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Top 5 history programmes that you can watch and listen to right now
14th July 2014
From the secret life of Henry VIII to the events leading up the Normandy landings, we've rounded up five of the best historical TV and radio programmes available to tune into online right now
Magna Carta, 1215 (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
8 facts about Magna Carta: how much do you know?
10th July 2014
The year 2015 – the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta – is the ideal time to hold a new debate on the pros and cons of a written constitution, MPs have said. Next year the UK will celebrate the sealing of the first "Great Charter" by King John in 1215 – a document that safeguarded basic freedoms, and placed limits on the power of the crown. The cross-party Commons Political Reform Committee says the anniversary is the right time to consider the UK's future constitutional framework. Here, we summarise eight things you need to know about Magna Carta:
Page 3 of the Declaration of Independence - credit the New York Public Library
8 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Declaration of Independence
9th July 2014
Original copies of the US Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights are to be displayed in the UK for first time. The celebrated documents will go on show at the British Library next year as part of a landmark exhibition, Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy. They are among the international documents due to go on show alongside two original Magna Carta papers from 1215.
Atomic bomb damage in Hiroshima, 1945 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Was the US justified in dropping atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War? You debate
9th July 2014
For years debate has raged over whether the US was right to drop two atomic bombs on Japan during the final weeks of the Second World War. The first bomb, dropped on the city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945, resulted in a death toll of around 135,000. The second, which hit Nagasaki on 9 August, killed at least 50,000 people – according to some estimates, as many as 74,000 died. But was the US justified in dropping the atomic bombs? Here, readers George Evans-Hulme and Roy Ceustermans debate.
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