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The secrets of the Viking Great Army

What if...The Vikings had never left their homelands?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Danelaw: is the ‘realm’ of the Vikings in Anglo-Saxon-era England a place or an idea?

The real magic of Harry Potter: 15 details the wizarding world borrows from history

Josiah Wedgwood: the radical father of English pottery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The secret life of Mrs Beeton: 10 pieces of life advice from her famous Book of Household Management. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fake history: 3 historical untruths that shaped the world

The mythical genius of Daidalos, the first polymath. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Sherwood Rangers' road to victory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hereward the Wake: the Anglo-Saxon rebel who became William the Conqueror's nemesis

Diana: the rebel princess. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“It doesn’t fall into the trap of making Diana a saint”: a historian’s review of Spencer

Remember remember the 5th of November: why Bonfire Night is a 400-year-old political hot potato. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A very short history of bonfire night

Why did the 1605 gunpowder plot fail? 9 big questions about the conspiracy to blow up parliament. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Think pieceWhy history must take a stance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

OpinionWhy WW2 commemorations need to recognise the Black contribution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The earthquakes that rocked Georgian London (plus three more seismic events that shaped history). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Super-sized Georgians: why satirists were fixated with fatness. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winds of change: how the discovery of trade winds powered Europe's empires. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Clare Jackson“England was seen as a pariah state, ruled by regicidal rebels who’d publicly executed their king”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Harder They Fall: the real cowboys who inspired the black Western

Johnny Hopper: a nerveless Nazi-killer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

When the devil stalked Salem: the story of the Salem witch trials

Doctor Who through the ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

3 curious medieval ghost stories. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Irving Finkel“Ghosts were taken for granted as part of everyday Mesopotamian life”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Wood on Afghanistan“A new world is emerging, reviving older connections”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Windows on to history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 1888 Matchgirls strike: how a group of East End women changed British labour history

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