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

The North Sea and Bronze Age remains. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroPliny the Elder (AD 23–79). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Malcolm X in Oxford: Black power amid dreaming spires. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

In WW1, what did the Allies want to achieve?

General prehistory

My favourite place: Cartagena de Indias, Colombia

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

The Peasants’ Revolt: did Richard II side with the rebels?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Revolutions in Europe and forensics in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The history of Britain in an hour

The battle of the Bulge: Hitler’s final gamble. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 astonishing deaths reported in Victorian newspapers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Science fiction and dancing in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

6 beds that made history

First World War

In focus: the forgotten WW1 Bonus Army

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Spin the Globe: behind the scenes of the new series

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In pictures: at home in a doll's house

The story of Germany. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Books interview with Ranulph Fiennes: "The Hundred Years' War was caused by my ancestor's advice being ignored". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Which century saw the most change?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history hero: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Avaldsnes, Norway

Why Napoleon merits the title 'the Great'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 things beards tell us about history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The real Joan of Arc

“He was so much more than that speech”: David Oyelowo on playing Martin Luther King in upcoming blockbuster Selma

5 things you didn’t know about the secret spying arm of the Post Office. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

10 strange historical facts about Finland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Steps in time: Dancing through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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