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Singer Paul Robeson rehearses at a piano in 1958. He had a unifying outlook, observing that "neither suffering nor compassion is confined to one face." (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

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My history hero: Paul Robeson (1898–1976). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British troops go over the top of the trenches during the Battle of the Somme, 1916. The Somme was one of the bloodiest clashes of the First World War, causing more than one million casualties over five months. (Photo by Paul Popper/Popperfoto/Getty Images)

First World War

The First World War: Was it worth it?

Actors dressed as Tommies mark the centenary of the start of the battle of the Somme at Manchester Piccadilly station, July 2016. (Photo by Alamy)

First World War

Opinion: “The First World War centenary has been a lost opportunity”

The remains of a 1940 naval battle in Narvik, Norway – several battles between German and Norwegian forces took place in the Ofotfjord in the spring of 1940. (Photo by Galerie Bilderwelt/Getty Images)

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The Navy and the battle for Britain in 1940. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Men sealing cases of Rowntree’s Elect Cocoa, York, Yorkshire, 1893. (Photo by Borthwick Institute/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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Chocolate and empire: from the land where the cocoa grows. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Catholics massacre Protestants in Ulster in a contemporary illustration

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10 great misconceptions of the Civil War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration showing the last moments of Sir Humphrey Gilbert, the explorer, soldier and half-brother of Sir Walter Ralegh. (Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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The Tudor guide to colonising the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A battle of Flodden memorial statue of one of the Hawick Callants on horseback, raising the captured banner aloft in triumph. Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. (Getty Images)

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History explorer: the battle of Flodden. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Studying in Venice was a course highlight for our deputy editor, Charlotte Hodgkin. (Image by Getty Images)

Period

Study history: Lessons from abroad

A fourth to fifth-century AD Roman mosaic shows a woman spinning. The household was considered a woman's natural environment; the political arena certainly was not. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Roman

6 women who changed the course of Roman history

The Shah Jahan Mosque was saved from developers and renovated from 1913 by Kashmiri lawyer Khwaja Kamal-ud-Din, who also founded the Woking Muslim Mission. (Photo by Alamy)

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Muslim worship in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

William Beveridge was determined to fight the five "giant evils" of "want, disease, ignorance, squalor and idleness." (Photo by Hans Wild/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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My history hero: William Beverage (1879–1963). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Top ( l-r) Agrippina the Elder, Julia, and Livia. Bottom (l-r) Messalina and Agrippina the Younger

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The women who built the Roman Empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vienna's magnificent city hall, built between 1872 and 1883, can be found in the heart of the city. (Picture by Moment/Getty Images)

General Modern

My favourite place: Vienna, Austria

Historians Sam Willis (left) and James Daybell. "We challenged ourselves to write the histories of things we weren't necessarily even sure had a history," says Willis. (Photo by David Hampton for BBC History Magazine)

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Books interview with Sam Willis and James Daybell: "Everything has a history. And we mean absolutely everything". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An elevated view of Cairo's Old City, which is home to a Roman tower, a Greek Orthodox church and an array of historical mosques and madrasas. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Battleground of empires: Cairo in 5 cultures. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The LibraryIan Kershaw on the trials of writing modern history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the closing bell on 29 September 2008. A record 778 points were wiped off the Dow Jones that day, as the 2008 financial crisis pushed the world's banking system to the edge of collapse. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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The credit crunch: "It's a story of hubris followed by a fall". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Student support is key to making your time at university as positive as possible. (Image by Getty Images)

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10 tips to choosing a history degree course. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 14th-century Bodiam Castle, Sussex. “All historians and students of history have to think about how the society they are studying functions,” says Dr Alice Taylor. (Picture by Getty Images)

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Study history: How looking at the past can equip you for the future

Painting depicting Cromwell at the head of his troops following the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644, by Ernest Crofts. (Photo by De Agostini Picture Library/Getty Images)

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Oliver Cromwell: the secret of his military genius. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An engraving from 'The Illustrated Police News', c1889, imagines Jack the Ripper

Victorian

Your guide to Jack the Ripper

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A big day in history: Mary Ann Nichols becomes the first victim of ‘Jack the Ripper’ (31 August 1888). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woodcut of a woman thought to be baking bread, printed in 1497. In the Middle Ages baking was a luxury few were able to enjoy, but those who could afford a wood-burning stove would start with bread. In the 15th century Britain saw explosion of expensive spices, such as saffron, and sweetened dough became popular. (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

Medieval

A brief history of baking

General prehistory

12 historical places to visit on the August bank holiday weekend

A view of the Reculver Towers, Reculver, England. (Photo by Loop Images/UIG via Getty Images)

Medieval

8 of Britain’s most mysterious ruins

Robert the Bruce, famous for beating the English army of Edward II despite having far fewer troops, is commemorated at the 1314 battleground in Bannockburn. (Dreamstime)

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Robert the Bruce: champion of Scotland or murderous usurper?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The first baby is born to English settlers in the Americas. (Illustration by Lynn Hatzius)

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A big day in history: the first baby is born to English settlers in the Americas. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sunset over the causeway to St Michael's Mount, Marazion, Cornwall, England (Getty Images)

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9 places associated with the Prayer Book Rebellion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

As many as 15 people may have been killed, and a further 500 badly injured, during the 1819 riot in Manchester that came to be known as the 'Peterloo' Massacre. (Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Georgian

16 August 1819: Militia massacres protesters at ‘Peterloo’

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