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Spanish fly, holy bread and mashed worms: history's weirdest aphrodisiacs and love potions

The afterlife of Charles Manson. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

7 facts you (probably) didn’t know about Oscar Wilde

The battle of Lepanto: when Ottoman forces clashed with Christians

Fashion history: dressing to impress in the 17th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Desired, stolen, cursed: the history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond

Charlemagne: creating the myth. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

To kill a king: 350 years of regicide. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A history of nakedness in art: Mary Beard on her new BBC series Shock of the Nude

Your guide to...the Glorious Revolution

Nazi wives: the women beside Hess, Goebbels, Göring and Himmler

Does history show that age affects US presidents’ performance? Plus, how old is too old?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A brief history of the US Democratic Party. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

When did the UK join the European Economic Community (EEC) and why?

Europe's holy war: how the Reformation convulsed a continent

The big question: has the European Union been a success?

Opposing the royals: a brief history of republicanism in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rise of a dictator: how did Hitler gain power and become the führer of Germany?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The curious case of Lord Lucan + 10 other mysterious disappearances from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Real-life Sherlocks: the detectives of Scotland Yard and their curious cases. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The day Thomas Blood stole the Crown Jewels. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

6 facts about Magna Carta

General History

Sex and the (Vatican) City: a brief history of clerical celibacy

The death of Sir Winston Churchill and the top-secret plans for his funeral

Frozen: Britain's Little Ice Age

Royalists, beards and cowardice: are these the strangest taxes in history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

The 'British Schindler' who saved 669 children from the Nazis

Tension in the Middle East and populist presidents: what the world was like 100 years ago. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scandalous Tudor marriages: 7 women who braved royal wrath by marrying for love

What would you have done? 6 terrible choices people had to make during the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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