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The Berlin Wall and the return of Charles II

A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte

Why Napoleon merits the title 'the Great'

Princess Victoria Melita: the British princess who scandalised the royal family

7 maps that changed history

A brief history of how people communicated in the Middle Ages

Germany through the centuries and Hitler’s cocaine habit

A portrait of Joan of Arc,

The real Joan of Arc

History Extra explains... Who was in charge in Ancient Egypt?

10 strange historical facts about Finland

Rosedene Cottage

History explorer: The Chartist movement

Morris dancers perform

Steps in time: Dancing through history

A painting in the cave of Altamira, Spain

The rise of Homo sapiens

Red Army tank drivers on a street in the city of Rakov, Poland

1939: When Poland was torn to pieces

An elevated view over Stiftskirche & surrounding township, Baden-Baden, Germany

My favourite place: The Black Forest, south-west Germany

England captain Bobby Moore

My history hero: Bobby Moore

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about Churchill’s secret Second World War warriors

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Beef olives

Picture of a lion and tiger fighting

Q&AWhere was England's first zoo?

First World War

Why is WW1 called the 'Great War'?

Samuel Pepys portrait

My history hero: Samuel Pepys (1633-1703)

King Ecgfrith of Northumbria

The Anglo-Saxon who (almost) united Britain

What did people eat in Ancient Egypt?

A portrait of Ian Lancaster Fleming, the creator of the character James Bond

The spy who loved Jamaica

Hilary Mantel

Wolf Hall: Author Hilary Mantel talks Tudors and Thomas Cromwell

Photo of people eating spaghetti

Q&ADid the Italians invent spaghetti?

A view of English Harbour in Antigua

My favourite place: Antigua

Ashton Court, Bristol

Smuggling’s heyday in Bristol and beyond

A portrait of Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Cromwell: The rise and fall of Henry VIII’s henchman

The historians’ take on… the future of Iraq

Soldiers guard England's south coast behind a bank of banned wire on 2 September 1940

Britain's fight for survival: Fortress Britain 1940