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Life as a Tudor gent: the 16th-century diary of Humphrey Newton

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Henry VIII and Henry the Young King

A 1950s woman at a grocery store. (Photo by ClassicStock / Alamy)

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Napoleon’s surrender: letter begging Prince Regent for mercy after Waterloo defeat to go on show in Windsor

When did Ancient Egypt start and end?

A portrait of Henry VIII

Books interview with John Guy: "Henry VIII had a mindset that you might associate with Stalin or Mao"

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Wolf Hall and medieval civil war

BBC History Magazine

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Photo of marble relief depicting Hippocrates

Why did Hippocrates eat earwax?

Britain’s love/hate relationship with ‘foreigners’ during the Second World War

Sam’s historical recipe corner: Tiger nut balls

Roman wallpainting of a dinner party, Pompeii, Italy. (Photo by Heritage Image Partnership Ltd/Alamy)

What did people eat in Ancient Rome?

Hitler and his general staff

1945: The race for Berlin

A statue of celebrated English nurse and wartime heroine, Edith Cavell

First World War

History heroKate Mosse chooses Edith Cavell (1865–1915)

Sicily

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Wallingford Castle

History explorer: Stephen and Matilda's fight for the throne

Illustration of Chartist riot

Q&AWhen was the last armed revolt in Britain?

Stalin’s early years and Mein Kampf

A Grand National Union Banner depicting president Abraham Lincoln and his running mate Andrew Johnson

Lincoln: The vote that saved America

The Cromwell enigma: Hilary Mantel and Diarmaid MacCulloch on Wolf Hall's complex hero

Henry VIII. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Q&AHow many executions was Henry VIII responsible for?

View of a sham fight on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London, 1814

The year when fear of Napoleon stalked the land

BBC History Magazine

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Revealed: Racton Man was Bronze Age warrior chief

Second World War

Kamikaze pilots and Captain John Smith