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The letter that betrayed the gunpowder plotters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A man goes into a village at night on the eve of Samhain

Medieval

What is the history behind the Celtic festival of Samhain and what does it have to do with Halloween?

Dominic West as Prince Charles and Elizabeth Debicki as Diana in season 5 of The Crown

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Opinion“If scholars can’t write accurate histories of the Queen’s reign, drama is what we’ll continue to rely on”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Egyptologist Howard Carter crouches near the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun's remains

Ancient Egypt

Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun: was the tomb really cursed?

Medieval

Jan Žižka: one of history's greatest military leaders, who was blind but undefeated

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)

Medieval

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)

Ancient Greece

15 minutes of fameMichael Scott chooses Kleisthenes

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

Victorian

The warrior ‘Amazons’ of Dahomey

Prime minister Edward Heath

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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)

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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

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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

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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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Black British historySlavery's painful legacy

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”.

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

Jazz singer Adelaide Hall at Radiolympia, 1947

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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

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

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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)

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

Douglas Mawson

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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.

20th Century

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)

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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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15 minutes of fameHannah Greig chooses Hannah Humphrey

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

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Raising the Mary RoseThe quest to save Henry VIII's lost warship. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

St George lances a dragon

Medieval

Tips from historyHow do you really kill a dragon?

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

Tudor

Six theoriesWhat caused the Mary Rose to sink?

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

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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

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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)

Victorian

15 minutes of fameHannah Cusworth chooses Aina Forbes Bonetta

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