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Articles from the July 2008 issue of BBC History Magazine

The charging Norman cavalry shown in glorious technicolour at the battle of Hastings in this masterpiece of storytelling. (Art Archive)

How English is the Bayeux Tapestry?

Labour politician Aneurin Bevan, the chief architect of the National Health Service, 20 August 1945. (Photo by John F Stephenson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The NHS: what can we learn from history?

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