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A brief history of camouflage

A global view of history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of a statue of Boudicca

Q&AIs Boudica buried at Platform 9¾?

5 hidden killers of the Victorian home. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Is Martin Luther King's ‘I have a dream’ the greatest speech in history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Your guide to the Elephant Man

Postwar Germany and medieval CSI. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Chess, gambling and cards: Tudor games and indoor pastimes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The history of middle-class wine drinking

Arsenic: a brief history of Agatha Christie’s favourite murder weapon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The amazing history of Egypt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

February 2016

19th-century boxer Larry Foley

Q&AWhy do we say ‘happy as Larry’?

Victorian bakers and the Leningrad symphony. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Henry V of England

My history hero: Henry V. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mary Beard’s Ultimate Rome: an interview about her new BBC series

KRISTOFER HIVJU GAME OF THRONES

Game of Thrones: medieval inspiration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oswald Mosley, leader of the British Union of Fascists

The LibraryBritain’s tearoom fascists. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 festive facts from BBC Two’s QI

Clay soldier statues of the Chinese Qin dynasty. (Photo by Getty Images)

The six ages of China. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Christmas celebrations: the old versus the new. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sex, scandals and betrayals: Charles II and his court

Britain’s railways and the Titanic. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The gruesome remains of prehistoric murder victims uncovered in Europe's bogs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of a couple holding up a fan

Q&AWhat signals were used in fan language?

Photo of a Canadian postage stamp

Q&AWhen was the first Christmas stamp issued?

BBC History Magazine

My favourite place: York Membery

In pictures: John Dee, the 'Elizabethan 007'

In pictures: Frank Sinatra at 100

A history of red hair and amazing animals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.