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The British Museum in London
Magazine

Virtual museum and monument tours: how to explore the wonders of history from your home

The Church of St Martin of Tours in Canterbury
Anglo-Saxon

Q&A What is the oldest church in England?

Photo of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles
Stuart

The palace of Versailles: Sun King Louis XIV’s ultimate power play

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Jesus appears before Pontius Pilate in a crowd scene from Oberammergau's 2010 Passion Play. The Bavarian town stages the mammoth production once every ten years, with a cast made up entirely of local residents. (Photo by Brigitte Maria Mayer Passionsspiele Oberammergau 2020)
Medieval

Travel to: Oberammergau, Germany

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

Explore Knole: the grandest of family homes

One of many historic sites in Luxembourg. Larochette's castle dominates the town below.
Victorian

Travel to Luxembourg: rural beauty and Gothic grandeur

The footprint of Old Sarum cathedral
Medieval

Explore Old Sarum: the regal and the rotten

Being invited to become a 'guest' of the Tower of London in medieval England meant, more often than not, that you would soon be food for the crows. (Image by Getty Images/RM Creative)
Victorian

10 historical haunted sites across Britain

It was in the Cabinet Room that Churchill would meet with his ministers and make the critical decisions that would shape the war. (Image by Getty Images)
Second World War

A visit to the Churchill War Rooms, London

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Highclere Castle
Georgian

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

The battle of Agincourt, 1415
Medieval

True-to-scale battle numbers and 15th-century life: look inside the revamped Agincourt museum

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

Akershus Festning in Oslo, Norway
Viking

Travel Explore Oslo, Norway: Myths, Munch and fjord-side strolls

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

The engine houses of Botallack mine in Cornwall
Georgian

A visit to Botallack Mine, Cornwall

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