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Ten things to do in … December

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A people’s charter for the outdoors

Commander Mansfield Smith-Cumming (later head of the British Secret Service), Professor Redwood and Bernard Redwood at the Motor Yacht Club Reliability Trials on Southampton Water, 1907. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

First World War spooks.

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Ten things to do in . . . November

‘Battle of Quiberon Bay' (c1765), from 'Old Naval Prints' by Charles N Robinson and Geoffrey Holme (The Studio Limited, London), 1924. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

The battle for Britain 1759.

Portrait of Captain William Bligh. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

My history hero: William Bligh (1754–1817).

Transport minister Ernest Marples on a road bridge near the London end of the newly opened M1 motorway, 2 November 1959. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

The first day on the M1.

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The Briggers

A bridge too far.

The LibraryThe private lives of the British and the cruelty of Henry V.

The end of World War I.

The LibraryVictoria's ascension and the Third Reich.

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Making immigration work for Britain: what can we learn from history?

Andrew Marr pictured in London in July 2015. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images)

Andrew Marr on the making of modern Britain.

Sir Robert Peel Monument in Piccadilly Gardens, London. (Photo by P A Thompson via Getty Images)

Horrible history teaching with Terry Deary.

Portrait of King Henry V of England (1387-1422), dated 15th century. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Henry V: the cruel king.

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Ten things to do in . . . October

A portrait of the English explorer Samuel Hearne. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: Samuel Hearne (1745–92).

9 reasons to visit Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.

The Lancaster Bomber: the plane that broke the Reich.

A reminder written on the pavement to tell residents to carry their gas masks with them

1939: Was Britain ready for war?.

The truth behind ‘The Tudors’ TV show.

The LibraryBermuda in the British Empire and Medieval brutality.

Cliffords tower, built by Henry III between 1250-1275, rear view, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 13th century

Where History Happened: The Norman Conquest.

Inside Pompeii and a date with Elizabeth I.

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Energy policy: what can we learn from history?

Eco towns: what can we learn from history?

Stop and search: what can we learn from history?

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Before Scotland

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The English Civil Wars, 1640-1660