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King Arthur addresses his knights in a 12th-century Arthurian manuscript now held in Rennes, France. (Photo by: Leemage/UIG via Getty Images)

Would the real King Arthur please stand up

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Second World War

Secrets of WWII, the French Revolution and ‘The History of Scotland’

Girls shower at a Woodcraft Folk meeting in Stanmore in 1947. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Britain’s green  pioneers

New US citizens celebrate after taking the oath at a US District Court for the Central District of California naturalisation ceremony, 2007. (Photo by Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Simon Schama on American history

A second-century bronze head of Roman Emperor Hadrian

Hadrian: rescuer of the Roman Empire

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

Walking with Che Guevara

St-Malo, Brittany, France.

Second World War

History holidays: St Malo

Gentile Bellini

My history hero: Gentile Bellini (1429-1507)

An illustration depicting inhabitants of Hawaii making an offering to Captain Cook

The Library The mystery of Cook’s lost journal

The gardens of the Ursuline Convent, Quebec, Canada

Esther Wheelwright: from survivor to mother superior

Soldiers of the Soviet Union

Second World War

Did the Soviet Union win the war?

A 1950s illustration of Vladimir Lenin on the sealed train between Switzerland and Russian. (Alamy)

10 ways to start a revolution

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The school leaving age: what can we learn from history?

A painting of a shipwreck

Hard lives on the high seas

An engraving showing chimneys emitting smoke during the Industrial Revolution

Industrial revolution

Can history help halt the runaway train?