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Perkin Warbeck, an imposter and pretender to the English throne, being humiliated in the stocks before his execution in 1499. Warbeck was used by Henry VII’s Yorkist enemies in an unsuccessful plot to threaten the new Tudor dynasty. (Getty Images)

Imposters in history: 16 famous con-artists and pretenders

A reconstruction of a Theban painting from the Ancient Egyptian Dynasty XIX depicting a childbirth scene. The mother is seen being helped by her handmaidens and a midwife. Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

7 surprising facts about the history of medicine

The ruins of the Canadian port of Halifax in the wake of the explosion in December 1917. Almost 2,000 people were killed and 9,000 injured when two ships collided at the height of the First World War. (Photo by Bettmann/Contributor/Getty Images)

First World War

Catastrophe in Canada

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Programme Name: Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow - TX: n/a - Episode: Operation Goldrush with Dan Snow - ep 1 - Mountain Passes (No. 1) - Picture Shows: in Canada on the Chilkoot trail; the historic route used by the ‚Äústampeders‚Äù of the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush Dan Snow - (C) BBC - Photographer: Ryan Atkinson

Operation Gold Rush with Dan Snow

Aquatic Centre Ferry Dock, Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Getty Images)

My favourite place: Vancouver, Canada

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The ships HMS Erebus and HMS Terror used in Sir John Franklin's ill-fated attempt to discover the Northwest passage. Illustrated London News, May 1845. (Photo by Illustrated London News/Getty Images)

The Northwest Passage search: behind the scenes of the expedition that found Franklin’s HMS Erebus

2nd July 1940: A village 'jam depot' organised by the Women's Institute on behalf of the government to use up all excess home grown fruit. Villagers at Lewes in Sussex are busy making jam from redcurrants, raspberries and strawberries. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

First World War

5 facts about the history of the Women’s Institute

Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Winnipeg 1913

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An illustration depicting the battle of Naseby, arguably one of the most significant land battles in British history. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The Library 20 battles that shaped Britain

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An American privateer is shown repelling a British attack during the War of 1812. Despite some notable successes, the British regarded the entire conflict as a sideshow and quickly forgot it. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)

When Washington burned

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Hard labour: a woman tarring and flinting in Oxford Street, central London, 1919. (Getty Images)

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The Library “Our Excess Girls": women after the First World War

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Chris Patten, the last governor of colonial Hong Kong, is pictured here receiving the Union Jack flag shortly before Hong Kong was returned to China, ending over a century of British rule. (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images)

The British empire: 10 big questions

British prime minister Edward Heath with Olympic gold medal winner Mary Peters. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Communist sport: Cold War copycats

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This 1867 magazine illustration shows a group of children preparing for Halloween. (Photo by American Stock/Getty Images)

General Early Modern

The origins of Halloween: tricks, treats and cobbled streets

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