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The ‘Princes in the Tower’: Edward V and his younger brother Richard, Duke of York, disappeared in mysterious circumstances following the death of their father, King Edward IV. (The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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6 notorious unsolved crimes from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British former field marshal Douglas Haig, inspects poppies before Armistice Day, October 1922. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Remembering the First World War: blood, poppies and poetry. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Allied soldiers with captured prisoners of war after the battle of Amiens during the First World War, 1918. (Photo by Authenticated News/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

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Remembering the battle of Amiens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Britain’s foreign policy secrets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Podcast with Jonathan Ruffle

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The Tommies' final acts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Rethinking 20th-century Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of Nelson Mandela. Peter Hain told the History Extra podcast about the South African leader’s remarkable achievements in the face of tremendous adversity. (Photo by Allan Tannenbaum/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

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Peter Hain on Nelson Mandela: “A symbol for good leadership in the world”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nelson Mandela podcast

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Nelson Mandela’s extraordinary life. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Mandela: the 20th century’s greatest leader?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The murder of the Romanovs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

People approach the VI Lenin Stadium, now known as the Luzhniki Stadium, in Moscow, in 1956. (Photo by James Whitmore/The LIFE Images Collection/Getty Images)

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The history of Luzhniki Stadium, home of the 2018 football World Cup final. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Britain’s refugee camps. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

With its huge bell and five-storey pagoda, Sensoji Temple is one of Tokyo's most popular –and venerable – landmarks. (Photo by Mike Hewitt - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images)

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My favourite place: Tokyo, Japan

Historian David Edgerton. (Photographed by Fran Monks for BBC History Magazine)

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Books interview with David Edgerton: "We need to tackle British history as we would the turbulent story of Germany”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Welsh Labour politician Aneurin Bevan making a speech on the freedom of the press at a meeting of the National Council of Civil Liberties at Central Hall, Westminster, London, in 1942. (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

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My history heroTanni Grey-Thompson chooses Aneurin ‘Nye’ Bevan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sarah Churchwell and Adam IP Smith in conversation

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Behold, America: Sarah Churchwell in conversation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

National debt podcast

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The national debt dilemma. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Troops in Korea, c1951. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Forging alliances: Britain and the US in the Korean War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Restoring women’s voices. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mona Baptiste, a Trinidad-born blues singer

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“London is the place for me”: David Olusoga on the Windrush generation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A councillor and architects discuss plans for the Moss Heights development in Glasgow, 1953. Proponents of high-rise flats believed that they would provide

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The LibraryHave high-rises ever been the answer to our housing woes?

Vera Brittain, who worked as a nurse during the First World War and went on to become one of the leading writers of the interwar years. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Love, loss and distorted memories. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A soldier and workers are depicted gazing in admiration at North Korea’s first premier, Kim Il-sung, in a propaganda poster. The Kims’ dynastic personality cult shows no signs of diminishing. (Photo by Eric Lafforgue/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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Why North Korea went nuclear. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

President Ronald Reagan throwing a football from his desk in the Oval Office. (Photo by Mary Anne Fackelman-Miner/White House/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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Opinion: the conservative legacy of Ronald Reagan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Reinhard Heydrich’s brutality was shocking, even by Nazi standards. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Killing Hitler's hangman: the dramatic story of Reinhard Heydrich's assassination. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A female computer programmer demonstrates a new computer in the 1960s.

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The changing role of women in British computing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

20th Centuryvideo3 of the most famous royal weddings in history

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My history hero: Aled Jones chooses Freddie Mercury (1946–91). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The future Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, at Buckingham Palace following their wedding, 20 November 1947. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Royal wedding traditions through history: etiquette, menus and the dress code. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth Woodville and Edward IV

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When royals marry ‘commoners’: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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