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My favourite place: Venice, Italy

Celtic myths: the tales that might have inspired Star Wars and Harry Potter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

La débâcle! The aftermath of the Franco-Prussian War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who hijacked Henry VIII’s will?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryHistory explorer: The Brontës. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite place: Ian Kershaw

A brief history of how we fell in love with caffeine and chocolate. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Owain Glyndwr: The last Welsh Prince of Wales. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My Favourite Place: Munich, Germany

5 surprising Tudor facts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Life of the Week: Sir Francis Drake

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In pictures: treasures of the Al Thani Collection

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In pictures: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer

Margaret Douglas: The forgotten Tudor princess. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AHow did ancient Egyptians mummify a body?

Victorian galleryIn pictures: Alice in Wonderland

7 phases of the history of Artificial intelligence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In pictures: Medieval women

The big questions of ancient Egypt

The Royal Navy’s American disaster. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Books interview with Andrea Wulf: "Alexander von Humboldt is the forgotten father of environmentalism". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Was Henry VIII a good king?

First World War

Life of the Week: Kaiser Wilhelm II

My history hero: Hypatia (cAD 370–415). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Bali, Indonesia

WW2 espionage: The spies who surprised me. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Georgian craze for popular history

Who were the Celts?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Announcing the winner and runners-up of the Inspiring History Writing competition

In pictures: Egypt – faith after the pharaohs

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