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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?

5 historical space travel facts

BBC History Magazine

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Second World War

12 things you should know about Churchill’s Second World War tunnels under the White Cliffs of Dover

5 facts about the history of the Women’s Institute

Edward Whymper in climbing gear

Tragedy on the Matterhorn.