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Were the suffragettes terrorists?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vahalla is depicted as a round-topped building in this funerary stone from 8th-century Sweden

Valhalla: fighting and feasting in the Viking warrior afterlife

A helmet from a chieftain's grave in 10th-century Norway. (Images by Getty)

Inside the Viking mind: the view of the Vikings' world from 5 perspectives. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A miller and a donkey

9 things you could do with a medieval ass. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ten things to do with a medieval donkey. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hunting down the Portland Spy Ring. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Marble bust of Nero

Rethinking Nero: was the Roman emperor really so bad?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Canterbury Cathedral

How Thomas Becket's feud with Henry II led to murder. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The gay MPs who opposed appeasement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edward Jenner

Q&AWhen did medical practitioners start to be called ‘doctor’?

Magna Carta: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard III

Richard the radical: was Richard III a champion of the people?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nelson's passion for Emma – with whom he had a six-year affair – is writ large in his letters

Nelson in his own words. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Japan and the west. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Georg Elser, a little-known carpenter-turned-assassin whose daring attempt to kill Hitler almost succeeded

Georg Elser: the man who nearly assassinated Hitler. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

David Olusoga“The Victorians constructed a great empire of abstinence”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History heroAndrew Marr chooses Charles Darwin (1809–82). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard III, Queen Victoria and Henry VIII. (Photos by Getty Images)

Monarchy history quiz: test your knowledge of these kings and queens

Cundill Prize-winner Camilla Townsend on global history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Toby WilkinsonThe rediscovery of Ancient Egypt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

One of the burial mounds at Sutton Hoo

How dark were the Dark Ages?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Castro and the trip that shaped the 1960s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portchester Castle in Hampshire was intended as a coastal defence against raiders. (Photo by Getty Images)

The collapse of Roman Britain: what happened, plus 9 places which tell us more. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fishbourne Roman Palace, plus 5 more Roman mosaics you can explore in Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George Washington Carver in a laboratory

History heroGillian Burke chooses George Washington Carver (c1864–1943). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Imperialism on the oceans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wrens operating the Colossus computer at Bletchley Park, 1943

Second World War

Your guide to Bletchley Park, the key WW2 decryption centre

This 15th-century painting from a manuscript shows men fishing in a river. In medieval England, eels were both meals and de facto currency. (Photo by Bridgeman)

Fishing for gold: how eels powered the medieval economy

The death of John Lennon: what happened?

Almond Hedgehog: A debonair addition to the hostess’s armoury in the Georgian period. (Illustration by Clair Rossiter for BBC History Magazine)

What was the best meal in history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.