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Victorian freak shows. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Richard III. Was the last Yorkist king a usurper? Historian John Ashdown-Hill explains why this is a myth. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Medieval

Did fear drive Richard III to the throne?

Winston Churchill gives his famous 'V for Victory' sign while addressing crowds from the balcony of City Hall in Sheffield, November 1941. Churchill's "inspirational" wartime speeches "galvanised the country and became part of our national lexicon", says historian Dr Nick Lloyd. (Photo by Capt. Horton/ Imperial War Museums via Getty Images)

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Debate: Is British history too fixated with the story of the world wars?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women in traditional Welsh dress, c1896. (Past Pix/SSPL/Getty Images)

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Wales: In search of a history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Peter Pan and Wendy' by James Matthew Barrie.

General Modern

8 of the best dogs in history

A portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte fleeing from the battlefield of Waterloo (18 June 1815) after his defeat by the British under Wellington and the Prussians commanded by Blucher. A print from 'Le Patriote Illustre'. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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What is the significance of Waterloo?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What did Magna Carta mean to the English in 1215?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Lord's pavilion

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Lord's cricket ground: the mecca of the sport. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard II sails down the Thames to Greenwich to meet the rebels.

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Why did the peasants really revolt?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Members of the Home Guard train racing pigeons as messengers in Blackburn, July 1940. Soon, carrier birds like this would be supplying vital intelligence on German arms factories and troop movements in occupied Europe. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The pigeons’ war on Hitler. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The (forgotten) Iraq war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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John Hardyng: Henry V’s secret agent. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Books interview with AC Grayling: “A great philosophical mind is one that belongs to a childish heart – always curious, always open”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history heroTracy Austin chooses Arthur Ashe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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TravelExplore Nashville, Tennessee: the beating heart of the American south. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anna WhitelockConfronting slavery’s legacy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A general view of 10 Downing Street, the residence of the British prime minister currently in office, in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

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The Prime Ministers we never quite had. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

20th Centurygallery10 photographs that made history

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D-Day: a resounding success for the Allies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Beyond Normandy: the global war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Men enjoying a drink and a chat in a coffee house, 1674. Coffee houses became known as ‘schools of the wise’, where people would gossip, argue and discuss the breaking news of the day. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Medieval

A drink for the devil: 8 facts about the history of coffee

Peasants in the Middle Ages at a cattle market. Cows appear to have been difficult to manage in the medieval period, and caused several deaths. (Photo by INTERFOTO /Alamy)

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5 strange causes of death in the medieval period. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

1960s model. (Photo by Alamy)

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Women in the 1960s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Funeral of Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme

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Who killed Olof Palme?

In his native Como, Pliny the Younger's fame is reflected in his statue on the city cathedral's imposing west front, which was built in the 15th century. (Image by AKG Images)

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Pliny's Rome: Vesuvius, vice and vestal virgins. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British troops learn to swim in full kit on a training course in May 1944. "A blind man could see something big was about to happen," said one soldier. (Image by Getty Images)

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D-Day: why the training was deadlier than the assault. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Fridtjof Nansen, taken after his daring expedition across Greenland. (Image by Alamy)

Victorian

My history heroPaul Rose chooses Fridtjof Nansen

A 1954 illustration of a woman wearing nylons. Lightweight, easy to conceal and fiercely sought after, stockings were a favourite with smugglers. (Photo by Bridgeman)

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Nylon pirates: the postwar craze for cut-price stockings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 16th-century woodcut by Albrecht Dürer entitled 'The true and false apostles of Christ'. As the Reformation recast Europe's spiritual landscape, many believers fretted that their religion no longer felt true to them. (Photo by Alamy)

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The fury that fuelled the rise of atheism. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Looking out across the Channel, shell craters pockmark Pointe du Hoc – a German artillery position seized by US Rangers. The promontory is one of many reminders of D-Day along the Normandy coastline. (Photo by Getty Images)

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History explorer: D-Day beaches. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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