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Burning down Ireland’s stately homes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How WW1 soldiers found hope in nature. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peter Caddick-Adams on generals killed in battle“Russian general casualties in Ukraine today are significantly higher than the Allied commitment in WW2”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The real three musketeers: the historical Athos, Porthos and Aramis (and d’Artagnan) revealed

Why the Ukraine conflict isn’t a new Cold War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhat is the Trojan Horse and why do we say 'Beware the Greeks bearing gifts'?

Eggs, bunnies and Jesus Christ: the history and origins of Easter

Is the future of Nato under threat?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peter Caddick-Adams on the history of neutrality“As many nations found to their cost in the 20th century, declaring neutrality and it being respected are two different matters”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Flappers, sanitary pads and public drinking: was the 1920s a time of increased liberation for women?

Q&AHow did people learn to dance in Baroque and Regency times?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Napoleonic Wars: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“We missed a precious window”: why did America and Russia squander an opportunity for peace in the 1990s?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Peter Caddick-Adams on the Russia-Ukraine war“The language, tactics, and weapons hark back to the 1940s”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhat is a Molotov cocktail?

The real Amazons: how the legendary warrior women inspired fighters, feminists and Wonder Woman

The history of St Patrick's Day traditions – and the importance of the colour green

Aethelflaed, Lady of the Mercians: the warrior queen who crushed the Vikings

Stalin’s famine: a brief history of the Holodomor in Soviet Ukraine

Witchfinding: what drove the hunters’ cruel crusade and what methods did they use?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 history podcast episodes that chart Russia and Ukraine's changing interactions with the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ukraine: the WW2 roots of today's conflict. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Queen of the Air': the remarkable life of pioneering English aviator Amy Johnson

The three French queens who inspired Anne Boleyn. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nato, Russia, and the history of the post-WW2 tensions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Caroline of Ansbach: why George II's remarkable queen was the first iron lady of British politics

Q&AWhat does Iron Curtain mean, and who popularised the term?

“Russia has always refused to let Ukraine go”: Keith Lowe on the long roots of today’s crisis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

Russia-Ukraine crisis: 9 milestone moments in history that explain today’s invasion

General History

Drag kings: a brief history of male impersonators

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