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The Prince Philip Years: how did Britain change while he was Queen Elizabeth II's consort?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ancient Greeks at war: hoplites, the phalanx and the greatest battles

Your guide to Ancient Greece: everything you wanted to know

The death of Domitian: how aristocrats conspired against the Roman emperor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s nuclear deterrent: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry VII: the greatest pretender. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

6 Battle of Britain myths. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“A dead whale or a stove boat”: whaling in the 19th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Arib al-Ma’muniyya: the enslaved medieval woman who sang her way to wealth. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Operation Thunderbolt: Was the 1976 'raid on Entebbe' a brilliant rescue?

Anglo-Saxon conversion: the coming of the cross (at the point of a sword)

First World War

Innocence under fire: how children were used in warfare of the past

Bettany Hughes“We were trying to find stories that tell us about resilience – history as a kind of therapy”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Experiments in evil: the shocking efforts to understand the atrocities of the Holocaust. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroNihal Arthanayake chooses Ashoka the Great (c304–c232 BC). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alex Von Tunzelmann“Debates about statues are often posed in simplistic primary colours”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9/11: Twenty years on. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“The worst journey in the world”: the Arctic convoys of the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

America’s hidden empire: the USA's forgotten imperial expansion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Merchants of doom: the traders who profited from the Black Death. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The birth of Elizabeth I: everything you need to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to win a 20th-century battle

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From Meiji to modernity: how Japan reinvented itself through the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nelson's sensational mistress: how Emma Hamilton took Europe by storm. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From Nan Madol to Karakorum: 7 cities that history forgot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s motor city: how Coventry's car industry roared to greatness – then went into reverse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The brutal blitzkrieg: the 1939 invasion of Poland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“We are eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked”: how the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ibn Battuta: the most famous traveller of the medieval Arab world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anna Whitelock's Talking PointsPlot twists. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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