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First World War

All Quiet on the Western Front film"An ambitious, visceral exploration of life and loss in WW1"

Photo of the SAS in North Africa

Second World War

How the early SAS became heroes of the Second World War

The Battle of Lipany or Lipan, also called the Battle of Cesky Brod, on 30 May 1434 virtually ended the Hussite Wars (Picture by Alamy)

In a nutshellThe Hussite Wars

Kleisthenes is credited with reforming the constitution of ancient Athens and setting it on a democratic footing in 508/7 BCE. For these accomplishments, historians refer to him as 'The Father of Athenian Democracy'. (Picture by Alamy)

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Actor Viola Davis (right) holds a weapon aloft in new feature film The Woman King, inspired by the stories of female warriors in Dahomey

The warrior ‘Amazons’ of Dahomey

Prime minister Edward Heath

A brief history of U-turns. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Afghan fighters on top of a destroyed Soviet helicopter, 1980 (Photo by Alain Dejean/Sygma via Getty Images)

War without end: conflict in Afghanistan, from the Cold War Soviet invasion to the Taliban. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A scene from the Luttrell Psalter, c1330, gives an idealised insight into everyday life in 14th-century rural England

Life as a medieval peasantHow accurate are depictions on screen?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prime Minister David Lloyd George, sitting at a desk

The fall of Lloyd GeorgeA dramatic and significant Prime Ministerial downfall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Captives being brought on board a slave ship on the West Coast of Africa (Slave Coast), c1880. Although Britain outlawed slavery in 1833 and it was abolished in the USA after the defeat of the Confederacy in the Civil War in 1865, the transatlantic trade in African slaves continued. The main market for the slaves was Brazil, where slavery was not abolished until 1888. (Colorised black and white print). Artist Unknown.. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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Protesters gather outside the Royal Courts of Justice during the 2003 Hutton inquiry into claims, broadcast on the BBC, that the case for war in Iraq had been “sexed up”.

BBC at 100Rocked by scandal. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jazz singer Adelaide Hall at Radiolympia, 1947

BBC at 100Entry into the television age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anthony Eden addresses BBC cameras in 1956

BBC at 1001950s friction between government and the BBC. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black History MonthThe slave who stole a ship and sailed to freedom. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A child cooks on an open fire in a medieval home (Photo by: Prisma/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Medieval childhood: a historical A-Z. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Douglas Mawson

Douglas Mawson: a tale of tragedy and survival in the Antarctic. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thousands gathered in Portugal in October 1917 to witness the Miracle of the Sun.

Miracle of the SunWhy thousands gathered in 1917 to witness a solar vision

The Unesco world heritage site of Hadrian's Wall. (Photo by Getty Images)

Black British historyBlack Britannia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two-Penny Whist, published January 11, 1796, James Gillray (English, 1756-1815), published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818), England, Etching in dark brown, with handcoloring, on cream wove paper, 231 × 334 mm (image), 247 × 350 mm (plate), 270 × 384 mm (sheet). (Photo by: Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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Mary Rose being risen from the sea (Picture by Alamy))

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Portrait of Henry VIII, King of England from 1509-1547

"Hopes and dreams"Why the Mary Rose was so important to Henry VIII. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St George lances a dragon

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The Mary Rose shown in the Anthony Roll (1546), a record of Henry VIII’s navy

Six theoriesWhat caused the Mary Rose to sink?

Russian men called up to fight attend a ceremony to mark their departure

Russia-Ukraine conflictHow the latest developments echo the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hilary Mantel, pictured in Oxford in 2017

Hilary Mantel remembered“She changed the way we think about history”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Image of Aina Forbes Bonetta and her husband, James Davies (GettyImages-3318942)

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Paterson Joseph and Ignatius Sancho

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Image of black people protesting. (GettyImages_1153422488)

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Photo of the Jarrow March

The Jarrow marchThe lasting legacy of the 1936 protest

The election of Giorgia Meloni as Italy’s first female prime minister

The rise of Giorgia Meloni“It makes plain the strange way a dictator has retained a positive image in many sectors of Italian society”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.