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Salem witch trialsEpisode 3: A ‘new Jerusalem’ on the edge of a wilderness. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Salem witch trialsEpisode 2: How events spiralled out of control. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Salem witch trialsEpisode 1: introduction. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General Early Modern

Q&AWhy do we say 'bury the hatchet'?

George III: the tyrant who lost America?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George III: why his reputation as the mad king who lost America needs to be re-evaluated. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 19th-century slums of New York

First World War

Innocence under fire: how children were used in warfare of the past

9/11: Twenty years on. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

America’s hidden empire: the USA's forgotten imperial expansion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWas the Statue of Liberty designed specifically for the United States?

How to win a 20th-century battle

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“We are eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked”: how the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What’s next for period drama?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The great American U-turn: from isolationism to WW1 combatants. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Witnesses to the Berlin Wall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edison, Westinghouse and Tesla: the history behind The Current War

Are revolutions doomed to failure?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Watergate in 100 days: how President Nixon fell. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emma Dabiri"Harriet Jacobs’ writing transports readers to the world of Southern slavery". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The history and mystery of UFOs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Forgotten heroes: Japanese Americans in World War Two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The trials of Ethel Rosenberg. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWho was the first person to call themselves a ‘drag queen’?

Q&AWhat’s the oldest photo of a US president?

Why are we living longer than our ancestors?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Blackface: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

QuizAmerican history

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

How close to nuclear war did the Cuban Missile Crisis get?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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