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The Monteagle letter, which shares a warning about the Gunpowder Plot. (National Archives)
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In their own words: 6 of history’s most fascinating letters

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“A history podcast for people who don’t like history”: Greg Jenner on his new podcast You’re Dead To Me

Tyburn, just north of Marble Arch, served as the capital's hanging spot for centuries. (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)
General History

An A-Z guide to the history of executions

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General History

Q&A What did a lady-in-waiting actually do?

One of the earliest and most famous examples of extremism comes from ancient Rome. Starting in 264 BC and continuing for more than a century, Rome engaged in a series of wars with neighbouring Carthage. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Roman

A brief history of extremism – from ancient Rome to al Qaeda

Chatsworth House, where Elizabeth I ordered for Mary, Queen of Scots to be imprisoned after she abdicated and fled from Scotland to England in 1567. (Photo by Chatsworth House Trust)
Tudor

Britain’s 7 most amazing stately homes

An illustration of the battle of Agincourt. By attacking over unsuitable ground, Charles d’Albret “doomed his army”, says Rupert Matthews. (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
Medieval

The top 10 military blunders in history

King Ludwig II of Bavaria. (Photo by Roger Viollet/Getty Images)
Georgian

9 eccentric monarchs through history

Between 1613 and 1754, a legal loophole meant that on-the-spot marriages could be carried out in an area surrounding the Fleet Debtors’ Prison known as the ‘Liberties of the Fleet’. (Photo by Getty Images)
General History

10 things you (probably) didn’t know about the history of London

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A 19th-century painted glass rolling pin and wooden pastry jigger. (Photo ©Emma Kay)
General History

Biscuit tins and pastry jiggers: the history of 6 baking tools

Great Pyramid of Giza. Egypt. (Photo by Olgakostenko | Dreamstime.com)
General History

10 of the most surprising numbers in history

Perkin Warbeck, an imposter and pretender to the English throne, being humiliated in the stocks before his execution in 1499. Warbeck was used by Henry VII’s Yorkist enemies in an unsuccessful plot to threaten the new Tudor dynasty. (Getty Images)
General Modern

Imposters in history: 16 famous con-artists and pretenders

French government officials at an inaugural tour to mark the completion of the main structural work on the Eiffel Tower, c1889. (Time Life Pictures/Pix Inc./The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
General History

10 historical events that happened in March

'Soccer' and 'diaper' are among many 'American' words that are more faithful to the old English tongue than those used in Britain today, says James Evans. Other 'Americanisms' were used in Shakespeare's plays before the first English colony was established in Virginia. (L to R: Photos by Hulton Archive/Getty Images; DeAgostini/Getty Images; Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
General History

From candy to diapers: the purity of American English

Queen Victoria and her dog Looty. (© Look and Learn/Bridgeman Art Library)
Tudor

10 famous people in history and their bizarre pets

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