Justin Pollard

Justin Pollard is a historian, television producer and writer

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Life hacks from historyHow to keep a secret. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life hacks from historyHow to raise a child. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life hacks from historyGet a good night’s sleep. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life hacks from historyHow to get rich. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life hacks from historyBuild a dream home. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life hacks from historyLearn to relax. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph taken during the filming of an ITV documentary to mark the 400th anniversary of the 1605 gunpowder plot. Justin is pictured on the left, with his camera

My life in historyJustin Pollard, historical consultant. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The decapitation machine now known as the guillotine was not a French invention and wasn't invented by Joseph Guillotin. (Image by Getty Images)

Q&ADid the French invent the guillotine?

Q&AWas Captain Bligh hated by the crew of the Bounty?

A monument to Nicolaus Copernicus in Poland.

Q&AWas Copernicus the first to demonstrate that the earth goes around the sun?