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View across the river Clyde to Dumbarton Rock and the medieval Dumbarton Castle. (Photo by Martin W Holt via Getty Images)

History explorer: Alfred and the Vikings.

Was Britain the only country to use children to sweep chimneys?.

Roche Abbey, Yorkshire

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Clever Tom Clinch

A monument to Nicolaus Copernicus in Poland.

Q&AWas Copernicus the first to demonstrate that the earth goes around the sun?.

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All history lies to us, but at least historical fiction admits it

Knights Templar: not guilty

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The BBC Story

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Dead Sea Scrolls online

Anne of Cleves House, East Sussex

The front page of the first edition of The Sun newspaper. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

A big day in history: The Sun first appeared on shelves in newsagents.

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The vegetable plot

Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan

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Battle numbers

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The BBC Story

Bernard Cornwell on his novels.

The East India Company and Nelson.

The spies of Queen Elizabeth I.

Being a British Missionary and troubles in Ireland.

The end of slavery and headaches in history.

Bluestones, like these in the Preseli hills, were used to build Stonehenge. (Photo by Paula Connelly via Getty Images)

Britain’s buried secrets.

Hans Litten (centre) in court while representing communists, 25 August 1932. Litten’s decision to subpoena Hitler a year earlier was to cost him his life. (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Hitler in the dock.

A London Missionary Society (LMS) mission in Papua New Guinea, c1920s. (Photo by Chronicle/Alamy Stock Photo)

Married to a missionary.

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French celebrity

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To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland’s Global Diaspora, 1750–2010

A stone relief depicting men bringing gifts to the king, c500 BC. (Getty Images)

The Persian empire: myth vs reality.

Clare Priory, Suffolk

1492: The Year Our World Began

My history hero: Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910).

In his last official photo, Adolf Hitler leaves the safety of his bunker to award decorations to members of Hitler Youth. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)

Why did the Nazis fight to the death?.