Painting of a European marketplace

Europe

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Oscar Wilde pictured around 1882.

Victorian

Oscar Wilde's tragic end

A painting of Jean Thurel, a French soldier whose life spanned three centuries

General Modern

Jean Thurel: the oldest soldier in history?

Max Schreck took the title role in the 1922 German silent film 'Nosferatu', inspired by Bram Stoker's 'Dracula'. The film enjoys a cult following. (Photo by ullstein picture / ullstein picture via Getty Images)

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A painting of Lisbon depicts conspicuous displays of Portuguese imperial wealth and power – including enslaved African people

Medieval

How slavery thrived in Renaissance Europe

Jack Lowden as Siegfried Sassoon in Terence Davies’ feature film Benediction.

First World War

Benediction: a case of Sassoon the man v Sassoon the legend

Irish people demonstrate in Downing Street in London in 1921. The partition of Ireland between the six north-eastern counties and the rest of Ireland took place on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920

20th Century

A brief history of the partition of Ireland

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Firemen tackling a blitz fire at St Paul's Cathedral, London

Second World War

WW2 timeline: 20 important dates and milestones you need to know

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In the AD 40s, the British king Caratacus led a huge revolt against Rome's occupying army. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Coco Chanel in Paris, 1929

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Lady Eleanor Butler and Sarah Ponsonby, better known to history as the Ladies of Llangollen

Georgian

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American citizens Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, following their arrest by the FBI 1950. They were convicted of passing infomation to the Soviets and executed in 1953

Cold War

The secrets and lies of Cold War spies

Our collage shows three generations of the Dudley family

Tudor

The Dudley dynasty: the family behind the Tudors

An illustration of Colonel Blood

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The Arnolfini portrait painting – oil on wood – appears to depict a wealthy couple holding hands in a domestic setting, the bed perhaps indicating that they are in a bedchamber

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Illustration of Queen Matilda of Boulogne, by Eleanor Shakespeare

Norman

Matilda of Boulogne: Norman England’s warrior queen

Second World War

BiographyOskar Schindler: your guide to his life and legacy

The Spanish town of Guernica after the bombing by German and Italian aircraft, 1937. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Second World War

The bombing of Guernica: who was responsible?

Peter Caddick-Adams

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The coats of arms of the kingdoms of Scotland and France

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Q&AHow old is the Auld Alliance between France and Scotland?

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A still from James Cameron's 'Titanic'. (Image by Alamy)

Edwardian

How accurate are the most famous films about Titanic?

Winston Churchill discusses the invasion of Sicily with other senior Allied figures in 1943

Second World War

Operation Mincemeat: how a corpse duped Hitler

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Titanic in dry doc before it was launched

Edwardian

TitanicWhen and how was the ship built?

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