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A 1950s woman at a grocery store. (Photo by ClassicStock / Alamy)

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9 ways our food shopping habits have changed since 1947. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Georgian

Napoleon’s surrender: letter begging Prince Regent for mercy after Waterloo defeat to go on show in Windsor

Ancient Egypt

When did Ancient Egypt start and end?

A portrait of Henry VIII

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Books interview with John Guy: "Henry VIII had a mindset that you might associate with Stalin or Mao". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roman

My favourite place: Miles Russell

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TV & radio: 4 shows you won't want to miss this week

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Sam’s historical recipe corner: Tiger nut balls. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hitler and his general staff

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1945: The race for Berlin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A statue of celebrated English nurse and wartime heroine, Edith Cavell

First World War

History heroKate Mosse chooses Edith Cavell (1865–1915)

Sicily

20th Century

My favourite place: Sicily

Wallingford Castle

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History explorer: Stephen and Matilda's fight for the throne. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Grand National Union Banner depicting president Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Andrew Johnson

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Lincoln: The vote that saved America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Cromwell enigma: Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch on Wolf Hall's complex hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, 1814

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The year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Top 10 history quizzes of 2014

Christmas dinner, 1917 (© imageBROKER / Alamy)

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Wartime Christmas: 5 First World War recipes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sexy shoes: 5 things our footwear has said about us through history

Portrait of Mary I of England, from the collection of the Museo del Prado, Madrid. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Tudor

Mary I: a highly impressive queen cut off in her prime

Cover of the Voyages Extraordinaires series by the French science fiction writer Jules Verne.

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The phantom menace: 10 milestones in science fiction. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Kamikaze pilot scores a direct hit on a US aircraft carrier in the Pacific Ocean, c1942. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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The reluctant kamikaze of the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Duke of Wellington and the Earl of Winchilsea in a duel at Battersea Fields. (Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Pistols at dawn: duelling in the Victorian age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of King Edward VI of England

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Who was the real Edward VI?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A reconstructed round house at Flag Fen, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire. (Alamy)

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History Explorer: Life in the Bronze Age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In pictures: the history of Marvel comic books

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Sam’s historical recipe corner: Wassail punch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pleb: a history of the word that sparked ‘plebgate’

British statesman and writer Winston Churchill, aged 26. Photograph by Elliott & Fry. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Second World War

Books interview with Boris Johnson: "Churchill was a tremendous bully in some ways, but we needed a bully"

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The historians’ take on… The house price boom

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TV & radio: what to tune in to next week (5–11 December)

One of the statues of Ramesses II at Luxor temple, which is "a wonderful place to spend a few hours". (Getty) 

Ancient Egypt

My favourite place: Luxor, Egypt

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