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Verdun and the Renaissance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A canal in Venice, Italy

My favourite place: Venice, Italy

BBC History Magazine

In pictures: treasures of the Al Thani Collection

BBC History Magazine

In pictures: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer

In pictures: Alice in Wonderland

The Death of General Wolfe

The Georgian craze for popular history

Winston Churchill by Yousuf Karsh

Simon Schama's portraits of a nation

Celts special. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In pictures: Celtic art and identity

Life of the Week: Andy Warhol

Artist Leonora Carrington

My history hero: Leonora Carrington (1917–2011). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In pictures: medieval stained glass

'The Plum Pudding in Danger by James Gillray

James Gillray: the king of Georgian caricature

Elizabeth I: what does this forgotten portrait tell us about her?

First World War

In pictures: WWI submarines

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In pictures: Frames in focus

5 photographs that (you didn’t know) changed everything

A Valentine's card showing a devil spearing an old lady on a pitchfork.

In picturesVictorian Valentine's Cards

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In pictures: early Victorian photography

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In pictures: the history of Marvel comic books

The history of Sherlock Holmes - in pictures

William Blake: Apprentice and Master

A colour image of military guns during World War One

First World War

The First World War in colour

10 amazing Punch magazine sketches from 1859 to 1981

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Voltaire, Vanessa Bell and Joan of Arc: 3 things that happened On This Day 30 May

'The butterfly hunt' (1874) by Berthe Morisot

The LibraryFirst ladies of art: three trailblazing female artists from history

British film director Alfred Hitchcock perched on either arm in a promotional still for his film, 'The Birds', c1963. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In pictures: Great British Drawings

A poster showing an image from the history of drinking

The strange history of drinking

18th-century snapshots of Windsor Castle