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Distant Drums

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A Brief History of Nakedness

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May’s Historic Trips…Ten Things To Do

Nazis marching through Guernsey during the Second World War, 1940. (Photo by Express/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Second World War

Guernsey’s child evacuees

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Operation Kronstadt

The dark art of blackmail prepared Charles Théveneau de Morande well for a career in espionage. (Alamy)

Charles Théveneau de Morande: an 18th-century French spy in London

‘Smugglers', c1785, from ‘Adventures by sea from art of old time’ by Basil Lubbock. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

Smugglers and the birth of Britain’s consumer society

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Anton Chekhov (1860–1904), pictured here c1895, is one of the most important figures in modern Russian literature. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The white cliffs of Dover. (Photo by Don Klumpp via Getty Images)

Paper talk: a newspaper’s take on the Restoration

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A portrait of Charles II wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Charles II: the people’s prince . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pitt the Elder: Man of War

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The procession of Charles II between the Tower of London and Westminster on the eve of his coronation. Painting by the Dutch painter and etcher Dirk Stoop (c1610-c1685). (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Where history happened: The Restoration . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Restoration plus Britain’s relationship with chocolate . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Nine Wartime Lives

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When did the English alphabet first exist, and why are there 26 letters in the order we know them today?