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A portrait of Samuel Pepys, English writer and diarist. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about Samuel Pepys

Globe Theatre illustration

The Globe theatre fire of 1613: when Shakespeare’s playhouse burned down

Dan Jones by the River Medway at Rochester in Kent. Jones is the presenter of 'Walking Britain’s Roman Roads', which airs on 1 July 2020 at 9pm on 5Select.

Exploring Britain’s Roman roads with historian Dan Jones

Francis Drake portrait

Francis Drake’s forgotten role in the English slave trade

A slave in chains expressing the inhumanity of slavery with the words 'Am I not a man and a brother?', 1774. (Photo by Getty Images)

Britain and the slave trade

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Coffee, plague and the Great Fire: the pleasures and perils of living in Restoration London

The Great Fire of London

The Great Fire of London: how the ferocious blaze of 1666 destroyed the capital

Anne Boleyn, who was executed by beheading on 19 May 1536 after being found guilty of high treason, was said to have had

The final days of Anne Boleyn: why did she die?

The Great Plague, from a pictorial broadsheet of 1665-1666 (Photo by Getty Images)

Surviving the Great Plague

VE Day revellers blowing party trumpets

Second World War

In pictures: jubilant VE Day street party celebrations

Members of the royal family: Prince Louis; Prince George; Prince William, Duke of Cambridge; Princess Charlotte; Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge; Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall; Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; Princess Anne, Princess Royal; and Queen Elizabeth II during the Queen's annual birthday parade on 8 June 2019 in London, England. (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

From The Crown to Queen Elizabeth’s corgis: 24 history questions about the royal family for your home pub quiz

Postcards from the past competition

Postcards from the past: Aged between 6–13? Enter our exciting lockdown competition

B-17 bombers make their way to England to aid the British in WW2, April 1942. (Photo by Getty Images)

Second World War

WW2 podcasts: 9 top episodes about the Second World War

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Great Fire of London quiz – how much do you know?

Charles and Camilla, 1979

Prince Charles and Camilla: a history of their romance