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Simon Thurley at Cromford Mills in Derbyshire. It was here, in 1771, that Richard Arkwright set up his first water-powered mills, "bringing people to a single place where they could be organised into an efficient workforce". (BBC History commissioned portrait by Mike Abrahams)

History Explorer: the rise of the factory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sport offered the two sides the perfect stage on which to get one over on the 'enemy', says Dominic Sandbrook. Pictured here is a queue for a football match between Arsenal and Dynamo Moscow. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Cold War in your living room. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

"Nobody could have held their nerve in Normandy like Monty did," says Al Murray of the wartime general. (Photo by Mark Kauffman/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

My history hero: Bernard Montgomery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hamo Thornycroft's 1901 statue of King Alfred the Great in Winchester. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

Alfred the Great: do we overplay his 'greatness'?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Books interview: Margaret MacMillan on the First World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

John and Jackie Kennedy shaking hands with a crowd. Jackie continued to fight her husband's corner after his death, says Mark White. (Photo by Art Rickerby/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Was JFK a good president?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Self-portraits: How people took selfies in the past

Historian at the Movies: Parkland reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

My favourite historical places: Joanna Innes

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My favourite historical places: Professor Richard Alston

A policeman feels the full force of a blast in this illustration – from the 7 June 1884 issue of 'The Illustrated Police News' – depicting a Fenian attack on Scotland Yard. The Fenians' dynamite campaign of the early 1880s provoked a radical response from the British government. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Victorian war on terror. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The other Elizabethan England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite historical places: Professor Peter Barry

The coffin containing the remains of Richard III. The skeleton of the king was discovered in 2012 in the foundations of Greyfriars Church, Leicester, 500 years after he was killed during the battle of Bosworth. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

The discovery of Richard III's remains

1914: Why Britain had to go to war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history hero: Robert Baden Powell (1857–1941). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ye olde travel guide: Caracas 1783. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

American poet Ezra Pound, a major figure of the early modernist movement. (Universal History Archive/UIG/Getty Images)

The march of the Green Shirts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Beaumaris Gaol, Anglesey, Wales. The prison could accommodate up to 30 inmates under the so-called 'silent system', in which inmates slept in separate cells at night but worked and attended chapels and classes together during the day. (Ashley Cooper via Getty Images)

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Top 5 Jane Austen recipes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite historical places: Professor Peter Gaunt

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My favourite historical places: Professor Laura Gowing

Should we rewrite Jane Austen’s classic novels?

My favourite historical places: Professor Robert Bickers

Who's the best-dressed Briton in history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Diary of the judge who hated Hitler to be published for first time

Books interview: Herodotus's 'The Histories'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

"People in the Middle Ages coped better with death than we do"

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My History Hero: Franklin D Roosevelt (1882- 1945). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.