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My favourite place: Roger Crowley

Timeline: the countdown to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How jousting made a man of Henry VIII. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

7 things that happened in August through history

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In pictures: kings and queens through history

The LibraryThe history of Britain’s talent factory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A virtuous Viking: the medieval legend of Havelok the Dane. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Books interview with Janina Ramirez: the private lives of the saints. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Witch trials and feuding queens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhat was the Third Plague pandemic?

5 historical space travel facts

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Second World War

12 things you should know about Churchill’s Second World War tunnels under the White Cliffs of Dover

5 facts about the history of the Women’s Institute

Tragedy on the Matterhorn. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History explorer: the rise of the canals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history hero: Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Life of the week: Constantine Karamanlis

7 weird and wonderful medieval facts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

England's 8 most amazing castles

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My favourite place: Inishbofin, Ireland

Books interview with Yasmin Khan: "By the end of the war, few people in the Raj believed it could continue to exist". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth II: the queen who saved the royals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What was the werewolf myth in Ancient Rome?

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9 weird and wonderful festivals through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Did Anne Boleyn crave the crown?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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