Europe

Spain’s maritime decline

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Q&A: Why didn’t Britain attempt to hinder Italy’s 1935 invasion of Abyssinia by preventing the Italian fleet from using the Suez Canal?

The ruined site of Clonmacnoise in County Offaly, Ireland. (Getty Images)

Where history happened: the Wars of the Three Kingdoms part 2

A painting from a new exhibition at the V&A Museum in London. 'The Cult of Beauty' explores the 19th-century artistic movement of Aestheticism.

The cult of beauty

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Olympia 480 Bc . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two women from South America. Six centuries ago South American civilisations matched the west in some respects. (Getty Images)

The wonder of the west

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The partisan fighter Abba Kovner.

My history hero: Abba Kovner (1918–87) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Communist sport: Cold War copycats

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The plague, Sir Walter Ralegh and Jerusalem . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&A: Why didn’t Napoleon invade the Channel Islands?

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First World War

Was there a guerrilla campaign waged by pro-German elements in what was then German New Guinea during WWI?

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Pirates, propaganda and the history of swearing . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Credit: f.259r The Siege of Chateau-Gaillard in 1204 when Philip Augustus of France (1165-1223) defeated King John (Lackland) of England (1199-1216), from the Grandes Chroniques de France, 1375-79 (vellum) by French School, (14th century)
Bibliotheque Municipale, Castres, France/ Giraudon/ The Bridgeman Art Library
Nationality / copyright status: French / out of copyright

King John and the French invasion of England

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British evacuees from Dunkirk walk off their rescue vessel land in Britain. (Photo by Corbis via Getty Images)

Where history happened: Dunkirk . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Battle of Marathon plus Dunkirk and WWII refugees . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.