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Life of the Week: Andy Warhol

When Hitler took cocaine

Showering, teeth brushing and donning underwear: the strange history of our daily routine

Artist Leonora Carrington

My history hero: Leonora Carrington (1917–2011)

Saranda Kolones, Kato Pathos Archaeological Park

My favourite place: Cyprus

Cuban photographer Alberto Korda

Q&AWhere did the famous portrait of Che Guevara come from?

A portrait of Elizabeth I.

The enchanting history of charisma

Ancient cities and the Norman conquest

Henry VII is crowned near Bosworth

Q&AWhat Happened After The Battle of Bosworth?

In pictures: Victorian life

Crusade logistics and the battle over the slave trade

In pictures: medieval life

10 dangers of Georgian London

The daily hustle and bustle in the busy fishing port of Newlyn in Penzance, Cornwall, c1870. (Photo by Gibson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Top 10 historical Cornish words

Lady Murasaki writing 'The Tale of Genji'

5 female trailblazers from history

In pictures: Blackpool beach through time

The Pacific War and First World War black soldiers

BBC History Magazine

My favourite place: Roger Crowley

Timeline: the countdown to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima

Henry VIII jousting

How jousting made a man of Henry VIII

Children running down a street

Q&AWhy do we say ‘run amok’?

7 things that happened in August through history

BBC History Magazine

This week's history news round-up

Ancient thinkers and the history of madness

In pictures: kings and queens through history

Elton John sings Candle in the Wind at Princess Diana’s funeral, September 1997. (© Getty)

The LibraryThe history of Britain’s talent factory

A virtuous Viking: the medieval legend of Havelok the Dane

Books interview with Janina Ramirez: the private lives of the saints

Witch trials and feuding queens

Chinese plague

Q&AWhat was the Third Plague pandemic?