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Martin Luther and the making of the USA. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

8 remarkable historical events that happened in May

From dragons to unicorns: finding fantastic beasts in ancient history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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June 2017

China’s public image war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Their Finest' and the British films that inspired the home front during the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How the Victorians ruined the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Verona, Italy

My history hero: Benazir Bhutto (1953-2007). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

1660: The year that changed everything. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What is it like to be a female historian in the 21st century?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The nuclear 1980s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Simon Thurley on the architectural history of the Tudors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Choppers, burners and boneshakers: the rise of British cycling. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In profile: the 2017 Wolfson History Prize shortlist

Q&A: Who invented the ‘QWERTY’ typewriter layout?

Who decided Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, should be executed?

Female Tommies: women in the First World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Spying on the king: when MI5 targeted Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

In pictures: Zeppelin raids on First World War Britain

What's it like to be a female historian in the 21st century?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Shortlist announced for 2017 Wolfson History Prize

May 2017

In thrall to the red planet: 5 facts about our view of Mars through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roots: a necessary portrayal of transatlantic slavery?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Behind the scenes: series one of The Last Kingdom

Percy Fawcett and the lost city of Z: The history behind the film. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The weird and wonderful world of Victorian entertainment. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Getting the history right on '1066: A Year to Conquer England'

Books interview with Eamon Duffy: "You could call the Reformation the original Brexit". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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