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Bearded Victorian man. (Photo by Getty Images)

A brief history of beards

Charles Lindbergh, photographed alongside the ‘Spirit of St. Louis’.

A pioneering flight: Charles Lindbergh’s transatlantic crossing

Winchester History Weekend 2017.

We’ve got royal history covered at this year’s History Weekends

A Very English Scandal. (BBCBlueprint Television Ltd)

History TV and radio: what’s on next week (19-25 May 2018)

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Sam’s historical recipe corner: Coronation chicken

Dan Jones speaking at Winchester History Weekend 2017.

Tickets on sale now for BBC History Magazine’s History Weekends

Medieval buildings lining the Dijver canal in the centre of the Belgian city of Bruges. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Bruges, Belgium

From The Library

Freddie Mercury – born Farrokh Bulsara – on stage at Brondby Hallen, Denmark. (Photo by Jorgen Angel/Redferns)

My history hero: Freddie Mercury (1946–91)

From The Library

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)

Royal wedding traditions through history: etiquette, menus and the dress code

Four police officers, members of the Bow Street Horse Patrol, pose for a photograph with a horse.

The rise of the Great British ‘bobby’: a brief history of Britain’s police service

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11 shocking moments in history

Expelled Germans leaving Poland's western territories

Second World War

After VE Day: The war without an end

Old Wardour Castle

Britain’s 7 most amazing ruins

Peter Mayhew, Harrison Ford, Alec Guinness and Mark Hamill, on-set of the film Star Wars

Star Wars: why did the film make history?