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The Mirror & The Light book review: Hilary Mantel's epic finale "lives up to the hype". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“The very sight of her hands did almost turn my stomach”: a brief history of hand-washing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How do dictators seize power? The malevolent careers of eight 20th-century leaders explained

Who was Maharaja Ranjit Singh?

Edward IV: champion of the Wars of the Roses

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A brief history of human filth: how did people try to keep clean in the past?

A brief history of proposing marriage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Constantine the Great: the emperor who created Europe

5 smells that made Georgian England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The story of Martin Luther King's struggle for civil rights in America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Jacobite rebellions: how close were they to returning the Stuarts to power?

Nancy Astor facts: who was the first female MP in British history to take her seat in parliament?

Hidden Figures: the incredible real history behind the film. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Beating the Black Death: did medieval medicine help people to survive?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Simon Jenkins: "Wales needs to get over England and be Wales again". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From Lincoln to Trump: a brief history of the US Republican Party. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The rise of the cat burglar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Andrew Ziminski"The stonework at Stonehenge is a Gordian knot of mind-bogglingness". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroEmma Barnett chooses Sylvia Pankhurst (1882–1960). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Operation Hannibal 1945: the Germany evacuation that dwarfed the 'miracle of Dunkirk'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi: the heroic queen dubbed India’s 'Joan of Arc'

Confronting Holocaust denial: “History is more of a battleground now than ever” says David Baddiel. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Stonewall Riots: the flashpoint that launched the gay rights movement in the US. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What was the Regulator movement that features in Outlander?

Malcolm X: Activism, assassination and how he predicted his own death

From Scots Highlanders to German soldiers: the Europeans who fought on both sides of the War of American Independence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Vinegar Valentines': 9 surprisingly dark Valentine's Day cards from the past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroMichael Heseltine chooses Harold Macmillan (1894–1986). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“Nothing could have gone off better”: the wedding of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert

Leading ladies in love: 6 historical movies to watch this Valentine’s Day. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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