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A portrait of the writer and antiquarian John Aubrey

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John Aubrey: chronicler of the 17th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Duke of Wellington at the Battle of Waterloo

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Why Waterloo fires our imaginations. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General prehistory

My favourite place: Ronald Hutton

Denis Dighton's painting shows the defeat of Napoleon's Imperial Guard at Waterloo

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10 moments that decided the Waterloo campaign. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Corfu: a Greek island getaway that owes much of its popularity to the Venetians. (Getty Images)

20th Century

My favourite place: Corfu, Greece

Georgian

James Watt: your guide to the pioneer of steam engine technology

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Waterloo: what was the battle like for Wellington’s Redcoats?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The perils of piety in Tudor England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting King John signing Magna Carta in 1215. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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6 Magna Carta myths explained. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval

In pictures: medieval stained glass

A dead German soldier during the Antwerp offensive

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The LibraryArdennes 1944: Hitler's last gamble. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'The Plum Pudding in Danger by James Gillray

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James Gillray: the king of Georgian caricature. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dressed-up fleas, devil butterflies and the Thames whales: the strange ways nature has influenced human history

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9 things you (probably) didn’t know about London’s first zeppelin raid in 1915. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dying well; tears and sorrow on the death of a youth. Treasury of Wisdom, 15th century. (© The Art Archive/Alamy)

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Heavenly dew: crying in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The many lives of India. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Love, health and the weather: 9 things medieval Londoners worried about. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Fit for a queen: 3 medieval recipes enjoyed at English and Scottish royal courts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

the streets of London on VE Day, 8 May 1945

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The unsung heroes who won the war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two survivors of the Lusitania disaster

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Did Britain doom the Lusitania?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jane Austen

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My history heroJane Austen (1775–1817). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The stretch of the Great Wall at Mutianyu, China

General ancient history

My favourite place: The Great Wall of China

Merton College, Oxford.

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History explorerMedieval universities. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval

Why Henry I could be the next ‘car park king’

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June 2015

Period

Blasphemous Bibles and cannibals at sea: 4 bad days in history

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Magna Carta: A turning point in English history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stone AgegalleryIn picturesStonehenge tourism through history

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Guy Fawkes “is like a modern-day jihadist,” says counter-terrorism expert

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