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The LibraryThe history of Britain’s talent factory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 historical space travel facts

Second World War

12 things you should know about Churchill’s Second World War tunnels under the White Cliffs of Dover

5 facts about the history of the Women’s Institute

Tragedy on the Matterhorn. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History explorer: the rise of the canals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history hero: Emmeline Pankhurst (1858–1928). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Life of the week: Constantine Karamanlis

7 weird and wonderful medieval facts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

England's 8 most amazing castles

Life of the Week: Douglas Jardine

My favourite place: Inishbofin, Ireland

What was the werewolf myth in Ancient Rome?

9 weird and wonderful festivals through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Did Anne Boleyn crave the crown?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

John Aubrey: chronicler of the 17th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why Waterloo fires our imaginations. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General prehistory

My favourite place: Ronald Hutton

10 moments that decided the Waterloo campaign. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Corfu, Greece

James Watt: your guide to the pioneer of steam engine technology

Waterloo: what was the battle like for Wellington’s Redcoats?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The perils of piety in Tudor England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

6 Magna Carta myths explained. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The golden age of murder: Agatha Christie and the Detection Club. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In pictures: medieval stained glass

James Gillray: the king of Georgian caricature. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

Dressed-up fleas, devil butterflies and the Thames whales: the strange ways nature has influenced human history

9 things you (probably) didn’t know about London’s first zeppelin raid in 1915. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Heavenly dew: crying in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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