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The 16th-century tower of Belém

20th Century

My favourite place: Lisbon, Portugal

Norwich castle

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History explorer: The Norman conquest. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Elizabeth II

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How to be a successful monarch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A mob sets fire to Newgate Prison during the Gordon Riots

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Taxing Catholics: how one Georgian government targeted a religious community. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The mahogany wooden interior of the Glasgow School of Art

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My history hero: Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868–1928). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Calendars of the twelve months (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Medieval immigrants: moving to England in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

In pictures: The Blitz

An attendant and his guard dog at the world's first pet cemetery, Paris,

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A dog’s-eye view of Paris. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Death camp Britons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Far From the Madding Crowd: an interview with Ruth Goodman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Looking inside the medieval Holt Castle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on... the battle of Agincourt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite place: Arthur Cotterell

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My favourite place: Mark Stoyle

An illustration of the barons compelling King John to ratify Magna Carta, 1215. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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What is the oldest law in England?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval banquet: saying grace before meal. From an engraving of an illuminated medieval Royal Manuscript. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Medieval kebabs and pasta: 5 foods you (probably) didn’t know were being eaten in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The ‘Spruce Girls’ wearing their specially made wooden bathing suits in 1929. (Credit: © Historic Collection / Alamy)

Second World War

6 weird inventions in history

'The Cricket on the Hearth' published in 1845 by Charles Dickens. (Image by Getty)

Period

Cats in history: 3 curious tributes

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A brief history of graffiti and creativity. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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8 weird and wonderful pictures from the past

General Modern

Life of the Week: Andy Warhol

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Showering, teeth brushing and donning underwear: the strange history of our daily routine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Artist Leonora Carrington

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My history hero: Leonora Carrington (1917–2011). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Saranda Kolones, Kato Pathos Archaeological Park

Ancient Greece

My favourite place: Cyprus

A portrait of Elizabeth I.

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The enchanting history of charisma. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian

In pictures: Victorian life

Medieval

In pictures: medieval life

The daily hustle and bustle in the busy fishing port of Newlyn in Penzance, Cornwall, c1870. (Photo by Gibson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Victorian

Top 10 historical Cornish words

Lady Murasaki writing 'The Tale of Genji'

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5 female trailblazers from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian

In pictures: Blackpool beach through time

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