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This secret speech gave people heart attacks: when Khrushchev denounced Stalin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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This surprising medieval medical belief still shapes how we think about wellness

A fantastical history of fairies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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History's Greatest Battles: The Wars of the Roses. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 5History's Greatest Battles: Bosworth. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 4History's Greatest Battles: Tewkesbury. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 3History's Greatest Battles: Barnet. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 2History's Greatest Battles: Towton. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 1History's Greatest Battles: The First Battle of St Albans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Podcast seriesThe Nuremberg Trials

Aud the Deep-Minded: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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History's Greatest Dishes: season 1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 1Blancmange. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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England's mistress: how Nell Gwyn won the heart of Charles II – and became a political powerhouse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How Tudor London inspired literary genius. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A collage of Tudor figures. Each square shows a different monarch or noble figure in 16th‑ or early‑17th‑century dress, including ruffs, jewelled headpieces, and richly decorated garments. Recognisable figures such as Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Mary I, Elizabeth I, and James I appear among the portraits. The grid highlights variations in artistic style, clothing, and facial depiction across the period.

Think you know everything about the Tudors? Here's 15 facts that will prove you wrong. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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This morbid Viking Age death pit is more mystifying than it first seemed – here’s why

Episode 2The rise of Alfred the Great. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Huns terrorised Rome's frontiers – but wanted to keep the ancient empire alive

The Oxford neurologist who broke an 'impossible' record: the incredible life of Roger Bannister. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Who were the real Peaky Blinders?

Podcast seriesAlfred vs the Vikings

Podcast seriesJane Austen

Podcast seriesMagna Carta

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Meet the mysterious leaders of the Vikings’ most fearsome army

Stalin's murderous vendetta against Trotsky. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Quiz of the weekWhat were Winston Churchill’s last words?

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Can you solve our history crossword of the week?10 April

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History crossword3 April. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.