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The historians’ take on… The house price boom

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TV & radio: what to tune in to next week (5–11 December)

One of the statues of Ramesses II at Luxor temple, which is "a wonderful place to spend a few hours". (Getty)

My favourite place: Luxor, Egypt

A portrait of Charles II, by 17th-century painter John Michael Wright

History explorer: The Restoration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

8 facts about Old Sarum – an Iron Age fort, Roman settlement and medieval city

Pliny the Elder depicted in a mid-12th century miniature, writing and giving his book to Roman emperor Vespasian. (Photo by Photo12/UIG/Getty Images)

My history heroPliny the Elder (AD 23–79). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Malcolm X chats with Eric Abrahams – the Oxford Union president who vowed to “fill the room with blacks” – before giving his famous address on 3 December 1964. (Getty)

Malcolm X in Oxford: Black power amid dreaming spires. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historic San Felipe de Barajas castle is one of the main attractions in Cartagena, Colombia. (Image: Thinkstock by Getty Images)

General prehistory

My favourite place: Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

My favourite place: Miranda Kaufmann

Tudors at sea: 8 ways to survive a voyage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Coughton Court, an English country house

History explorer: The gunpowder plot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of the Peasants' Revolt

The Peasants’ Revolt: did Richard II side with the rebels?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The history of Britain in an hour

'Portrait of Oliver Cromwell', (c1653?).

Oliver Cromwell: Hero or Villain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In focus: Aesop and his fables

9 astonishing deaths reported in Victorian newspapers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

15 things you didn’t know about fashion in the First World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

6 beds that made history

First World War

In focus: the forgotten WW1 Bonus Army

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Spin the Globe: behind the scenes of the new series

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In pictures: at home in a doll's house

Berlin Wall in November 1989

The story of Germany. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 19th-century illustration depicting the battle of Agincourt.

Books interview with Ranulph Fiennes: "The Hundred Years' War was caused by my ancestor's advice being ignored". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ruins of 11th-century Corfe Castle in Dorset, England

Which century saw the most change?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Eleanor Roosevelt

My history hero: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

Did the Great War kill God?

Avaldsnes Church, Norway

My favourite place: Avaldsnes, Norway

A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

Why Napoleon merits the title 'the Great'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Princess Victoria Melita: the British princess who scandalised the royal family. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 things beards tell us about history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.