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Roman toilet

Tales of the toilet: an historical A–Z

Soldiers at the battle of Arnhem

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9 things you (probably) didn’t know about the battle of Arnhem

Highclere Castle

Unusable rooms, a lost village and Tutankhamun: the secrets of Downton Abbey’s Highclere Castle

'The Last Supper', 1803. A copy of the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci in the 1490s. Some think the superstition about Friday 13th being unlucky is related to the Last Supper, when 13 people were present at the meal before Jesus's crucifixion on Good Friday. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Q&A Why is Friday 13th considered unlucky?

A gamer plays the video game 'Red Dead Redemption II', an action-adventure and multi-platform western video game developed by Rockstar Studios released on October 26, 2018. (Photo by Chesnot/Getty Images)

Red Dead Redemption, L.A. Noire and Battlefield V: the real history behind 3 popular video games

Dinner at Downton Abbey

Could you survive an Edwardian dinner party?

Illustration by Joey Guidone

The big question: has terrorism ever achieved its aims?

British writer Roald Dahl (1916–1990), 11th December 1971. (Photo by Ronald Dumont/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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10 things you might not know about Roald Dahl

The daughter and great-niece of Henry VIII respectively, Elizabeth and Mary, Queen of Scots didn't feel strong family ties when it came to their relationship. (Photo by Getty Images)

Queens at war: Elizabeth I vs Mary, Queen of Scots

King George VI, Queen Elizabeth, and their daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret of United Kingdom. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Second World War

The Windsors at war: what did the royal family do during WW2?

20 October 2018.
BBC History Weekend in York.
Henry Hemming.

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“There’s nothing essentially new about fake news”: 5 minutes with Henry Hemming

Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Even after her death in 2013, her record continued to be fiercely contested. (Tom Stoddart/Getty Images)

How should history remember Margaret Thatcher?

Dan Jones by Steve Sayers and Helen Castor

The Crusades, with Dan Jones

William the Conqueror (1027–87), king of England from 1066 when he beat Harold II at the battle of Hastings. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

9 surprising facts about William the Conqueror and the Norman conquest

The destroyer USS Shaw explodes in a massive fireball at Pearl Harbor, 7 December 1941. The attack led almost immediately to Germany declaring war on America, and so brought Stalin an unexpected ally of colossal potential power, says Laurence Rees. (Bettmann/Getty Images)

Second World War

Why December 1941 was the most important month of the Second World War