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Mary I’s phantom pregnancy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Books interview with David Starkey: "The Magna Carta of 1215 was designed to create a revolutionary regime". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In pictures: shoes through history

8 weird and wonderful Victorian discoveries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What did people wear in Ancient Egypt?

Medieval videoWatch: David Starkey on Magna Carta

The dangerous streets of ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Spanish Armada: all at sea. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Vanessa Collingridge

Elizabeth I: what does this forgotten portrait tell us about her?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history hero: Arthur Ransome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Northern Ethiopia

History explorer: The fight for women’s suffrage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Say hello to the new History Extra website

Medieval immigration: “They’re heavy drinkers, barbarous and full of guile”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Books interview with Steven Weinberg: "The history of science can prevent us from making the mistakes of the past". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Magna Carta, the Roman Republic and the Enlightenment: 11 historical concepts explained in minutes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 people you didn’t know made history swimming in the River Thames. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How to lead like Saladin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

In pictures: WWI submarines

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In pictures: Newark's National Civil War Centre

Welcome to Britannia: Roman Britain in AD 130. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

My favourite place: Plovdiv, Bulgaria

History explorer: the young William Shakespeare. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What has the discovery of Richard III's remains taught us?

My history hero: Sam Kinison (1953-92). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dressed for war: fashions of the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Was the skeleton in the Leicester car park really Richard III?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Books interview with Richard Davenport-Hines: "The great lesson of John Maynard Keynes's life is generosity of spirit". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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