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Edgar the Aetheling is notably missing from the Bayeux Tapestry

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The lost figure of the Bayeux Tapestry: where is Edgar Ætheling?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Professor Stephen Hawking in his office at the University of Cambridge, 2003

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History heroBobby Seagull chooses Stephen Hawking (1942–2018). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A medieval illustration of women fighting and toiling alongside men during a siege

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Crusader queens: the formidable female rulers of Jerusalem. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of the battle of Moscow, 1942, first printed in Signal, a magazine published by the German Third Reich from 1940 to 1945. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Second World War

Operation Barbarossa: why Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was his greatest mistake

Women 'take the air' in an attempt to ward off the Spanish Flu

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"Far too little, too late": what happened when Spanish Flu hit Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Author and biographer Max Adams (Photo by Alamy)

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Max AdamsBritain in the centuries after the Romans: “You can think of this era as a black hole into which our history tumbles”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry the Young King is crowned in 1170. (Wikimedia Commons)

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The real King Arthur and his Lancelot? Henry the Young King's remarkable friendship with William Marshal. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 'Iron Duke' steam locomotive with railway workers

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The history of railways in Britain: from the first steam trains to the rail revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Spitfires under construction at the Vickers Supermarine works in Southampton, around 1940

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The difficult birth of the Spitfire – and how the WW2 fighter almost missed the battle of Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting of Henry IV, housed in the National Portrait Gallery, London. English earls, Scottish kings, French dukes and a Welsh prince all tried to unseat Henry, yet this most resilient of medieval monarchs prevailed over them all. (Photo by Getty Images)

Medieval

Henry IV: the usurper king

Tudor

The Tudors: 51 moments that shaped the royal dynasty

Paul Delaroche's impression of Lady Jane Grey's execution

Tudor

Who was Lady Jane Grey? The tragic story of the 'Nine Days Queen'

Dark side of fashion: a 1910 portrait of a woman wearing a hat adorned with ostrich plumes and a stuffed bird. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, owning hats like this was a sign of status for many women. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Victorian

A hatful of horror: the Victorian headwear craze that led to mass slaughter

A c1520–40 portrait of Henry VI

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The miraculous afterlife of Henry VI. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A c1638 oil painting of Katherine Howard, Lady Aubigny

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History heroJulia Donaldson chooses Katherine Howard, Lady Aubigny (d1650). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Harold Godwinson is proclaimed king of England in the Bayeux Tapestry. It may have been commissioned by a Norman but this magnificent artwork repeatedly acknowledges the English leader’s piety and courage. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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Why is Harold Godwinson a hero of the Bayeux Tapestry?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Volunteers shovel sand in Fulham in 1941, filling bags used to protect windows from bomb blasts. Our clichés of the Blitz don’t tell the whole story, writes Lucy Worsley. (Photo by Mary Evans)

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Lucy Worsley on Blitz Spirit: the courageous stories of six Londoners. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This image from the Nibelungenlied manuscript shows Pilgrim welcoming Kriemhild, a fictional character described as his neice in the text (Photo by Alamy)

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The forged texts of the Middle Ages: why Europe's holy men turned to counterfeiting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ruins of the once magnificent Roche Abbey

Tudor

The dissolution of the monasteries: mindless violence or planned precision?

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Why Charles I had to die. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sutton Hoo helmet Anglo-Saxon

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The discovery at Sutton Hoo: when the Dark Ages were lit up. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A guide to the Roman army, plus 10 facts about life in the legions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Sutton Hoo excavations are the focus of a new film, 'The Dig'. Carey Mulligan stars as Edith Pretty, and Ralph Fiennes portrays Basil Brown

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The Dig: the real history of the remarkable Sutton Hoo excavation

Adolf Hitler photographed with British politician Henry Vane-Tempest Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry (left) and Joachim von Ribbentrop (right), minister of foreign affairs of Nazi Germany from 1938 to 1945. (Photo litzy ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

20th Century

Making friends with Hitler: Britain’s pre-war admiration for the Nazi dictator

Speech of Adolf Hitler to the Reichstag inthe Kroll Opera in Berlin after the Declaration of war to the USA, in addition to the lectern to the right: Press Chief Otto Dietrich and the personal adjutant of Hitler Albert Bormann the Brigade Commander o

Second World War

"One of the most puzzling decisions of WW2": Ian Kershaw on why Hitler declared war on America

Adolf Eichmann during his trial in 1961

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Forgotten voices: the history behind Holocaust Memorial Day. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A scene from an early rugby union game

Victorian

The history of rugby: when was the sport invented?

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Canossa: a medieval clash between church and state. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The inner courtyard of the old pottery factory at Gladstone Pottery Museum, with its five towering bottle ovens. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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History explorerThe Gladstone Pottery Museum. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Annie Gray portrait by Ian Farrell

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Annie Gray“For Queen Victoria, food was a way of exploring the world”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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