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Shakespeare’s 'lost years': what do we know about this secretive chapter of the bard's life?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Viking

In his mother’s womb, he was fated to avenge his father – how was pregnancy understood in the Viking age?

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General prehistory

A Bronze Age Brexit: why did these Britons mysteriously cut themselves off from Europe?

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Medieval

Q&AWhy is Friday 13th unlucky?

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General History

“A succession of identity crises spanning thousands of years”: seven things you didn’t know about the history of fatherhood

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“Africans have been starved of historical figures from their own lands that they can look up to”: Paula Akpan on female African leaders. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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