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Keith Granville, managing director of BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation), holding a model of the Boeing 747 jet, with the new aircraft hangars under construction in the background, at Heathrow Airport, 17 March 1969. (Photo by Jim Gray/Keystone/Getty Images)
General Modern

In pictures: the history of London’s Heathrow Airport

Andrew Ziminski pictured at his workshop in Somerset.
General ancient history

Andrew Ziminski "The stonework at Stonehenge is a Gordian knot of mind-bogglingness"

Westminster Abbey, London
Medieval

A brief history of Westminster Abbey

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Crystal Palace
General Modern

The Crystal Palace was constructed of iron and glass – so how and why did it burn down?

Knole, a house on an epic scale that's now run by the National Trust.
Tudor

Explore Knole: the grandest of family homes

The White House in Washington DC, which has been home to all US presidents since John Adams in 1800. (Photo by Getty Images)
21st Century

8 facts you might not know about the White House, home of the president of the USA

Highclere Castle
Georgian

Unusable rooms, a lost village and Tutankhamun: the secrets of Downton Abbey’s Highclere Castle

St Mary's Church is revered as one of England's greatest architectural achievements. (Image by Alamy)
Medieval

Explore A masterpiece of Gothic grandeur: the Church of St Mary, Warwick

The Popes Palace, or Palais des Papes, in Avignon, France.
Medieval

Q&A Why did the papacy move to Avignon in the 14th century?

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The magnificent gilded Shwedagon Pagoda, claimed to be 2,500 years old, dominates central Yangon, Myanmar's largest city. (Patrick Foto/Getty Images)
General Modern

Explore Yangon, Myanmar: City of Golden Pagodas

Great Pyramid of Giza
Ancient Egypt

5 facts about the Great Pyramid of Giza

The leaning tower of Pisa
Renaissance

Q&A Why does the Tower of Pisa lean to one side?

Families in a London slum, c1900
20th Century

From slums to suburbs: Britain’s council house revolution

Winchester Cathedral
Medieval

From King Alfred to Jane Austen: a historical tour of Winchester

Chatsworth House, where Elizabeth I ordered for Mary, Queen of Scots to be imprisoned after she abdicated and fled from Scotland to England in 1567. (Photo by Chatsworth House Trust)
Tudor

Britain’s 7 most amazing stately homes

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