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A portrait of Abraham Lincoln

General Modern

Lincoln's funniest jokes

Medieval

Kill or cure? 10 medieval medical practices and their effectiveness

"Queen Victoria was more than just a token ruler of India. Passionately interested in its people and culture, she intervened frequently in Indian politics," says Miles Taylor. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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The LibraryQueen Victoria’s Indians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian

The Ripper of our nightmares: 5 theories about Jack the Ripper's identity

Composite image of famous women: Cleopatra, Marie Curie, Mary Wollstonecraft, Madame CJ Walker, Jane Austen, Emmeline Pankhurst, Ethel Smyth, the Virgin Mary, Rosa Parks, Frida Kahlo, Diana, Princess of Wales, Amelia Earhart.

100 women

100 women who changed the world

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100 Women Who Changed the World results: what the experts say. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Fountain of Arethusa on Ortygia, the historical heart of Syracuse, separated from the main city by a small channel. (Photo by Alamy)

General ancient history

My favourite place: Syracuse, Sicily

A portrait of King James I of Scotland. James was taken prisoner by the English in 1406, and it would be 18 years before he was freed to take the reins of power in his native nation. (Photo by Bridgeman Art Library)

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James I: Henry V’s Scottish protege. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A New York opium den. Although US legislators cracked down on opiates in the early 20th century, organised crime networks continued to fuel the illegal trade in narcotics. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Books interview with Lucy Inglis: “Opium has held mankind’s hand since the beginning”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Intellectuals, dieting businessmen, Indian students and fitness fanatics were among those to exhort the benefits of a meat-free diet in the 19th century, as shown in our illustration. (Illustration by Femke de Jong for BBC History Magazine)

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Veggie Victorians: how Britain responded to the rise of the meat-free movement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A c1750 watercolour shows workers "mixing the powder" at Woolwich Arsenal. "The institutions that made up the 18th-century British 'state' existed entirely to provide the resources for war," argues Priya Satia. (Photo by Bridgeman Art Library)

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How war sparked the industrial revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jazz trumpeter and composer Miles Davis, shown here in 1969, was central to the story of jazz. (Photo by Jack Vartoogian/Getty Images)

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My history hero: Miles Davis (1926–91). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Medieval medicine: killer or cure?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Australian PoWs in a camp at the Sumatran city of Pekanbaru, c1945. More than 80,000 forced labourers, including PoWs, died during the construction of Sumatran railway, most the victims of disease, starvation and maltreatment. (Photo by State Library of Victoria)

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The Sumatran Railway: the forgotten death railway. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British former field marshal Douglas Haig, inspects poppies before Armistice Day, October 1922. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Remembering the First World War: blood, poppies and poetry. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Agincourt was one of the major battles of the Hundred Years' War.

Medieval

Agincourt: medieval England's finest hour?

Portrait of Jane Seymour, third wife of Henry VIII, 1536. (Photo by Imagno/Getty Images)

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Henry VIII's six wives in a different light. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Toilette of a Roman Lady. Found in the collection of Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Roman

What did they wear in Ancient Rome?

A photograph of a crowd in Berlin celebrating Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany's proclamation of war against Great Britain, August 1914. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The LibraryHow King Henry I made and blew a fortune. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photograph by Heinrich Hoffmann of Hitler and architects visiting the construction site of the Berghof around Christmas 1935. From left to right: Leonhard Gall, Gerdy Troost, Hitler, and Wilhelm Brückner, Hitler’s chief adjutant. (United States National Archives, College Park, Maryland)

Second World War

Where did Adolf Hitler live? The homes of the führer and how they were used as Nazi propaganda

Portrait of Richard III, dated 15th century. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Treachery at Bosworth: what really brought down Richard III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Members of the Palmers Green and Winchmore Hill LNER (London and North Eastern Railway) LDV (Local Defence Volunteers) dressed in their civilian clothes march along a platform passing a steam locomotive on 1 July 1940 in London. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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The Dad’s Army guide to defending Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

(Photo by Katie Edwards/Alamy Stock Photo)

General Modern

Do we really live in a less charitable society than 50 years ago?

Penshurst house

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The LibraryHighlights of medieval Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An engraving showing the story of the Three Living and the Three Dead

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Inside the medieval mind. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A chocolate house in Georgian times. Coffee and chocolate houses were popular, and served as clubs and meeting places for business (© TopFoto)

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The Georgian origins of our obsession with chocolate. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The blue-robed Henry VII pictured performing a variety of tasks at the Tower of London following his accession to the throne, in a contemporary illustration. (Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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Bosworth: the dawn of the Tudors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nelson Mandela

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Mandela: the 20th century’s greatest leader?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

c1400, English troops use siege towers to capture a French town during the Hundred Years' War between England and France. Original Artwork: An illumination from Froissart's Chronicles. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Medieval

7 facts about the Hundred Years’ War

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