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What was Queen Elizabeth II like as a mother?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who were the real Peaky Blinders?

Lonely hearts and holiday flings: a brief history of dating. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What happened to Shakespeare's daughters? A guide to the playwright's family life and descendants

Your history guide to Frogmore Cottage: who has lived there before?

King Æthelstan: England's colossus. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 things you might not know about Sherlock Holmes

Emma of Normandy: not just a two-time queen consort of England

Queen Victoria and John BrownThe controversial relationship between sovereign and servant

Master the art of procrastination, with the help of the Virgin Queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare’s 'lost years': what do we know about this secretive chapter of the bard's life?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What did Victorians do with their poo? The battle over the 19th-century excrement explosion

The Romans were blamed for massacring these Iron Age warriors. But did they actually murder themselves?

What was life like in a medieval town? A historical A-Z. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

"The best day of my life"A history of VE Day street parties

Rich men, reckless affairs and ruined reputations: the scandalous lives of London's 18th-century courtesans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The day the machines fell silent at Bletchley Park

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The final mystery of Richard III: how 21st-century science cracked a 500-year-old cold case. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What are the Easter treats known as Biddenden cakes, and who were the Biddenden Maids?

Second World War

The female codebreakers of Bletchley Park

The swordplay’s the thing: Henry VIII's Masters of Defence and the thrilling world of 16th-century fencing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The triumph of the Anglo-Saxons: how the kingdom of Mercia powered the rise of England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A medieval mystery: the green-coloured children found in an English village. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Aethelred: why was the Anglo-Saxon king called ‘the Unready’?

Episode 4Hampton Court Palace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The true story of Ruth Ellis and the hanging that rocked a nation

"Dog poo was valuable": 5 things you (probably) didn't know about dogs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fingers, frogs and fairies: the fashion for fortune telling in the 15th and 16th centuries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

England’s forgotten medieval hero: how John, Duke of Bedford carried on Henry V's fight. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry III and the Magna Carta that mattered. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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