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The place where TIME began | A history of GMT. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Love learning like Æthelstan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroKatya Adler chooses Rita Levi-Montalcini. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroDame Stephanie Shirley chooses Tommy Flowers

Reshaping narratives, repatriation and Richard III : 25 lessons we've learnt from history in the last 25 years. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nikola Tesla: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

The female codebreakers of Bletchley Park

My history heroJames Coomarasamy chooses Andrei Sakharov. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

2024 in review: history behind the headlines. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Victorian healthcare | HistoryExtra Academy video lecture. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“Like ancient Greece, India is one of the seedbeds of civilisation” | William Dalrymple on putting India back at the centre of global history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Florence Nightingale: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cocaine: a Victorian sensation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

North, south, east and west: how ancient civilisations found their bearings before the compass. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Amazing livesHarry Grindell Matthews: the strangely inventive mind behind the aerophone and Death Ray. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hidden environmental histories of the last 500 years. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The balloon-riding Victorians who courted disaster: the true story behind The Aeronauts

My history heroNicola Fox chooses Marie Curie. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

Marie Curie: a guide to the scientist's life, achievements and legacy

How Galileo Galilei took on the church and changed the universe

Video podcastRenaissance eugenics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Galileo: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How did Bletchley Park shape the success of D-Day?

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General prehistory

When and why did Neanderthals go extinct? Explaining the loss of humanity's ancient siblings

Benjamin Franklin: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Benjamin Franklin’s greatest inventions – and famous kite experiment

The Magus: enlightened magician or Renaissance charlatan?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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