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Second World War

Q&AWhat is the significance of the British Bulldog?

Q&AWhy is a fry-up breakfast called a ‘full English’?

Q&AWhat Happened After The Battle of Bosworth?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Top 10 historical Cornish words

England's 8 most amazing castles

General ancient history

Q&AHow old is the toilet seat?

Did Anne Boleyn crave the crown?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

6 Magna Carta myths explained. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&ADid people smoke anything before tobacco was discovered?

Stone Age galleryIn picturesStonehenge tourism through history

The undignified fates of the bodies of Anglo-Saxon kings in the medieval period. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth I: what does this forgotten portrait tell us about her?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History explorer: The fight for women’s suffrage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval immigration: “They’re heavy drinkers, barbarous and full of guile”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Victorians’ surprisingly liberal attitude towards gay men. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What has the discovery of Richard III's remains taught us?

The duchy of Aquitaine: an English ‘colony’ in deepest France. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General prehistory

Q&ADid the druids have anything to do with Stonehenge?

Q&AWhy was the Black Prince called ‘Black’?

Love and marriage in Tudor England

Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn: Suzannah Lipscomb dispels myths about the lovers who changed history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&ADid Henry VIII have any illegitimate male offspring?

Anita Anand on Sophia Duleep Singh: goddaughter of Queen Victoria and prominent campaigner for women’s rights. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

History heroKate Mosse chooses Edith Cavell (1865–1915)

Q&AHow many executions was Henry VIII responsible for?

10 facts about Clifton Suspension Bridge

8 facts about Old Sarum – an Iron Age fort, Roman settlement and medieval city

Q&AWhat was the 'North Sea Outrage'?

My history hero: Bobby Moore. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhere was England's first zoo?

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