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US soldiers in Vietnam

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From the Napoleonic Wars to Vietnam and Iraq: a history of war trauma. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Changdeokgung Palace in South Korea

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TravelSeoul, South Korea: a modern metropolis rising from ruins. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Families in a London slum, c1900

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From slums to suburbs: Britain’s council house revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cavalry charge into a crowd of protesters at St Peter's Field, Manchester, as depicted in an 1819 engraving. What followed was the worst violence ever to occur at a political meeting in Britain. (Picture by Alamy)

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The Peterloo Massacre: what did it achieve?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico's left-wing president who in 1940 legalised drugs. (Photo by Henry Guttmann/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The year Mexico legalised drugs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winchester Cathedral

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From King Alfred to Jane Austen: a historical tour of Winchester. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Davide Bonazzi

20th Century

Have nuclear weapons helped to maintain global peace?

Prime ministers Robert Walpole and Boris Johnson

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From Walpole to Boris: a brief history of Eton College and the 20 prime ministers it has produced. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Ashes urn, a cricketing trophy

VictoriangalleryIn pictures: The Ashes through history

A late 19th or early 20th-century painting entitled 'Mother and Child'. As fertility rates fell, sentimental idealisations of mothers and babies developed. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The motherhood revolution: how the great fertility decline affected the lives of women. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Literary women through the ages: Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf and Charlotte Brontë all enjoyed female friendships which enriched their writing, say Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney. (Getty Images)

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From Austen & Brontë to Woolf: literature’s forgotten female friendships. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Professor Dame Janet L Nelson

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Charlemagne: medieval empire builder. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

For our forebears, the secret to a good night's sleep lay in the contents of your gut. (Photo by Leemage/UIG via Getty Images)

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6 sleeping tips and tricks from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

10 Downing Street, the residence of the prime minister of the United Kingdom. (Photo by Getty Images)

20th Century

Who was the best 20th-century prime minister?

A 15th-century map of the world illustrating a Latin edition of Ptolemy's the 'Geography'. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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12 alternative giant leaps for mankind – from carnivorism to Magna Carta. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A cartoon showing a man in a suit of armour on the moon

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Q&ADid NASA really pick the brains of the Tower of London armoury when designing the first space suits?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Glen McBeth.

Medieval

Q&AWhen did the leopards on the royal arms of England become the lions depicted today?

A portrait of 17th-century scholar John Wilkins

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Ye final frontier: the 17th-century space race. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Clash between the English Temeraire and the French Redoutable ships during the Battle of Trafalgar, October 21, 1805. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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The battle of Trafalgar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustrations by Ian Morris.

Stuart

The Civil War cross-dressers: the women who swapped dresses for breeches

Professor Dame Janet L Nelson has published extensively on early medieval Europe. She is professor emeritus at King's College London, a fellow of the British Academy and a former president of the Royal Historical Society. Her previous books include 'Charles the Bald' (1992) and 'The Frankish World' (1996). (Photograph by Frank Monks)

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Books interview with Janet Nelson: "The only way this huge regime could work was by Charlemagne trusting his own instincts". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winner takes all: A painting shows the French ship 'Redoutable' clashing with the British 'Temeraire'. "Regardless of the victory off Cape Trafalgar, it was another decade before Britain and her allies defeated Napoleon. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Trafalgar, a futile victory? Why Nelson's triumph didn't turn the tide on Napoleon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anglo-Saxon

History ExplorerThe Holy Island of Lindisfarne

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A medieval European union: why the Hanseatic League still matters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Back on Planet Earth: what world did Neil Armstrong leave behind in 1969?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ruins of Dunluce Castle, which sit on the coastal cliffs of North Antrim in Northern Ireland. They are thought to have been the inspiration for CS Lewis’s castle Cair Paravel in ‘The Chronicles of Narnia’ (1950–56). (Photo by Andrea Ricordi/Contributor/Getty Images)

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9 of Britain’s best castles. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Explore Buenos Aires, Argentina: infused with Latin beauty. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of the battle of Agincourt. By attacking over unsuitable ground, Charles d’Albret “doomed his army”, says Rupert Matthews. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The top 10 military blunders in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

England Women's World Cup squad, Mexico, 1971

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The 1971 Women's World Cup: game changers?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Knights Templar depicted on an antique map of Jerusalem. (Alamy)

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The rise and fall of the Knights Templar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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