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What a pickle: how England lost, found and won the World Cup in a single year

Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as a Cold War hero or a failed idealist: the historians' verdict. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sportswashing: a historical perspective on a current trend

What if...Alfred the Great lost to the Vikings at the battle of Edington?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tomb raider: the great Giovanni Belzoni. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hidden livesVictorian fasting girls

The “silent study of art”: the deaf artists of the Renaissance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC at 100Into the digital age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

All Quiet On The Western FrontWhy its lessons still matter today

Max Hastings"If the Americans had bombed Cuba in 1962, escalation would have been almost inevitable". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Desert raiders: the Long Range Desert Group in the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Crown S5 E10 real history: the HMY Britannia's final voyage, and a political landslide

The Crown S5 E8 real history: Diana’s Panorama interview causes fireworks

“Their name liveth for evermore”: the difficult task of locating, identifying and honouring the dead of WW1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Crown S5 E5 real history: ‘Camillagate’ tapes and a “war council” for the monarchy’s survival

The Crown S5 E9 real history: the divorce settlement between Charles and Diana

Free-spirited drama or fake news? How The Crown morphed from ‘safe’ territory to controversy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britannia and beyond: a history of royal yachts

John Major: a brief guide to Britain’s prime minister in the 1990s

The Crown S5 E4 real history: the Queen’s “annus horribilis” and Princess Margaret’s relationship with Peter Townsend

The Crown S5 E3 real history: exiled royals and the al-Fayeds

The Crown S5 E2 real history: Prince Philip’s ‘keeper of secrets’ and Andrew Morton’s book on Princess Diana

The Crown S5 E1 real history: ‘Queen Victoria Syndrome’ and a second honeymoon

Out of the cold: the slow beginnings of climate change science. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why Henry VI’s reign was such a disaster

Where is The Crown filmed? The Netflix drama’s locations and their royal links

Egyptian pharaohs: your essential guide to Egypt’s ancient rulers

The forgotten women in Tutankhamun’s tomb

All Quiet on the Western Front inspiration: “As Remarque said, war is not an adventure. There’s nothing glorious about it”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why we should remember...When the paper poppy became a symbol of remembrance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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