People watching the Royal Wedding

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What was the significance of the battle of Wigan Lane?

England in miniature.

Visit historic Lichfield

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October's historic trips... Ten things to do

English Houses 1300–1800

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Angel of Death: The Story of Smallpox

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Who needs washerwomen when you’ve got Spitfires and Drake?

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Best-dressed Briton in history: the nominations

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The American ‘Occupation’ of Britain: Three films

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Capital Affairs: London and the Making of the Permissive Society

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September’s historic trips... Ten things to do

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The Riches Beneath Our Feet: How Mining Shaped Britain

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Victory at Poitiers: The Black Prince and the Medieval Art of War

The man best associated with the new style of landscape gardening was William Kent (c1686–1748), a Yorkshire-born artist and architect. (Public domain)

The English landscape garden.

Historic Jedburgh

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Warrior Generals: Winning the British Civil Wars

The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family that Shaped Britain

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Politicians have been scared of discussing immigration for years

King John and the French invasion of England

A 'poster parade' of Ealing suffragettes advertising a meeting to be held on Ealing Common, 1 June 1912. (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

9 historical sites linked to the suffragettes movement.

The LibraryMedieval outlaws: the real Robin Hoods.

My history hero: Philip Pembroke Stephens (1903–37).

A portrait of Winston Churchill

'Ask your father': the general election of 1945.

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Has Britain always united behind commemorations of the war dead?

Where history happened: Dunkirk.

The British Empire: Three Films

The Battle of Marathon plus Dunkirk and WWII refugees.

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Trials of the Diaspora. A History Of Anti-Semitism In England

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May’s Historic Trips...Ten Things To Do

Charles Théveneau de Morande: an 18th-century French spy in London.