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History Hero: Arthur Askey (1900–82). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Circus sensation: PT Barnum's greatest wheezes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Will history survive the digital age?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vicars on the liquor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryHugh O'Neill: Elizabeth I’s Irish nemesis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Utopias in history and an environmental disaster. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From bats and brawls to new links between colonies: the origins of Australian cricket. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Celts: unpicking the mystery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Viceroy’s House: the history behind the film. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

April 2017

From Charles Darwin’s beard to George Eliot’s right hand: 4 famous Victorian bodily quirks. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

War: the locomotive of history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dr James Barry: a surgeon with a secret. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

“We die like brothers”: The sinking of the SS Mendi

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In pictures: The photographs of William Henry Fox Talbot

Books interview with Robert Service: "Nicholas II brought the Russian Revolution upon his own head". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

7 ways to say “I love you” in medieval Europe

My history hero: Clement Attlee (1883–1967). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History Explorer: the legend of Robin Hood. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The chaotic conquest of India. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thomas Telford: the man who built modern Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James Sadler: From pastry cook to first English aeronaut. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A king without a crown: James VII and II’s years in exile. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Gibraltar

Who were 'Stella' and 'Fanny'?

BBC History Magazine

March 2017

Second World War

Life of the Week: President Franklin D Roosevelt

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Special offer: Tickets only £5 to join Bettany Hughes for an evening on the history of Istanbul

Seeking eternity: 5,000 years of ancient Egyptian burial. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

April/May 2017

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