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Richard, Duke of York challenges Edmund Beaufort, Suke of Somerset, to pick a side in the Wars of the Roses in Henry Payne's 1910 painting 'Choosing The Red and White Roses in the Temple Garden'

QuizHow much do you know about the Wars of the Roses?

St Hadrian of CanterburyMedieval African theologian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mongol and Mamluk cavalry clash in a 14th-century manuscript

How to repel a Mongol invasion: the success of Egypt’s Mamluk empire

Saint Michael and the DragonSaint Michael and the Dragon

DragonsFrom mythological beasts of history to the firebreathers of fantasy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Robin Hood: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How one woman liberated a notorious US slave jail. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

House of the DragonThe real historical event behind the Game of Thrones prequel

The George Inn at Norton St Philip

General History

In search of Britain’s oldest pub

Episode 7The contested legacy of an icon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

National Woman’s Party activists sew a star onto their ‘ratification flag'

Why we should remember…The 19th amendment. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian Fern Riddell

15 minutes of fameFern Riddell chooses Charley Wilson. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War allies Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin (left to right) at the Yalta Conference in February 1945. East and west would soon become bitter rivals, however

The Cold War: 9 key questions

George C Marshall, architect of the Marshall Plan, which pledged billions of dollars to help rebuild war-torn Europe

What was the Marshall Plan?

President Truman, seen here in 1948

What was the Truman Doctrine?

Police disperse a mob attacking a Hindu temple in Calcutta (now Kolkata) during the violence of Direct Action Day, 1946

Why we should remember…Direct Action Day

Countryside campaigners: four women who fought for our green spaces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of William IV

Your guide to William IV, the ‘sailor king’

Craig Charles and Muhammad Ali

My history heroCraig Charles chooses Muhammad Ali. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Boris Johnson announces his resignation as leader of the Conservative party

Behind the newsWhy PMs get the push. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hollywood history: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Troops clear damage after the Lynmouth flood disaster of 1952

Britain’s flood disasters: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A refugee family in a camp in Pakistan after the partition of British India in 1947

Enduring trauma: the legacy of partition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What to read nextThe latest history books reviewed

The Sahara: a green and pleasant land. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting of the Battle of Blenheim

The battle of Blenheim: how did the Duke of Marlborough triumph on the Danube?

Youths throw stones at the Royal Ulster Constabulary in the Catholic Bogside area

Why we should remember…The battle of the Bogside

Episode 6Secrets of the pharaoh's mummy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portraits of William III and Mary II, the only joint sovereigns in British history

Your guide to William and Mary, the only joint sovereigns in British history

Is Queen Henrietta Maria’s rotten reputation deserved?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian Leanda de Lisle photographed at her home with her dog Millie

Leanda de Lisle“Henrietta Maria has been looked at far too much through the male gaze”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.