Period

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Vibrations rotate Manchester Museum’s ancient statue

JFK and a neglected Tudor, Elizabeth of York

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General prehistory

Was prehistoric Sussex home to hunter-gatherers?

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Richard III battle of Bosworth painting brought out of hiding

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Margaret Thatcher: The Authorized Biography, Volume One

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Second World War

Real WW2 tank to be used in Brad Pitt film

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My favourite historical places: Professor Richard Alston

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In pictures: Georgian caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson

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Where were you when JFK was assassinated?

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In pictures: Turner and the Sea

A photo of Jackie, Caroline and Jack Kennedy

Unseen photos of John F Kennedy and family

John F Kennedy in a televised debate with Richard Nixon, November 1960.

JFK’s Camelot: the unfolding story of a president

A policeman feels the full force of a blast in this illustration – from the 7 June 1884 issue of 'The Illustrated Police News' – depicting a Fenian attack on Scotland Yard. The Fenians' dynamite campaign of the early 1880s provoked a radical response from the British government. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Victorian war on terror

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Last living British person born in 1800s dies

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Rebranding Rule: The Restoration and Revolution Monarchy, 1660-1715