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Second World War

My favourite place: Berlin

The LibraryHistory explorer: the golden age of sail. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history hero: William Shakespeare (1564–1616). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A revealing history of underwear. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Did Eustace Chapuys really despise Anne Boleyn?

Peaky Blinders: behind the scenes with creator Steven Knight. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Suzannah Lipscomb & Dan Jones discuss Henry VIII's final two wives: Catherine Howard & Katherine Parr

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On the Silk Road with Sam Willis

The Brontës at war: how Charlotte and Branwell brought Waterloo into their drawing room. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The history of consumerism and Chinese philosophy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dan Jones and Suzannah Lipscomb discuss Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves

Members of Assassins cult kill Conrad I of Jerusalem. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edmund Ironside: Anglo-Saxon warrior king

A brief history of Offa’s Dyke

My favourite place: Malta

Game of Thrones: the real-life medieval history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare’s 7 most notorious couples

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June 2016

My favourite place: Berlin

Shakespeare’s London: playing a dangerous game. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

At the playhouse: watching Shakespeare's plays in Elizabethan England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Personal politics in Elizabeth I's court. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hadrian's travels. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dan Jones and Suzannah Lipscomb on 'Henry VIII And His Six Wives'

The astronomer and the witch: Johannes Kepler’s fight to save his mother from execution

Mary Beard on why Rome ruled the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Monopoly maps: the history of MI9’s secret Second World War escape programme. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shakespeare: the historians’ view. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Catherine Howard: The death of innocence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How Shakespeare rewrote history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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