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Making immigration work for Britain: what can we learn from history?

Portrait of King Henry V of England (1387-1422), dated 15th century. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Henry V: the cruel king. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ten things to do in . . . October

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The Lancaster Bomber: the plane that broke the Reich. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A reminder written on the pavement to tell residents to carry their gas masks with them

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1939: Was Britain ready for war?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ten things to do in . . . September

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The truth behind ‘The Tudors’ TV show. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cliffords tower, built by Henry III between 1250-1275, rear view, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 13th century

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Where History Happened: The Norman Conquest. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Energy policy: what can we learn from history?

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Eco towns: what can we learn from history?

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Stop and search: what can we learn from history?

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Youth culture and crime: what can we learn from history?

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'The Fountain of Youth', 1546. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Everard Digby: the man who taught Tudors to swim. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The burning of Templars (From: De casibus virorum illustrium by Giovanni Boccaccio). Artist: Master of the White inscriptions (active ca 1480)

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The Templars on trial: a very muted inquisition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Miss Ivy Williams

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6 trailblazing women in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Official First World War Photographers

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Britain’s First World War flying aces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Made of basalt, this inscribed stone dates to the sixth century BC. The figure is Nabonidus who was the last king of Babylon before the Persian invasion under Cyrus II. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)

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A portrait of William Hogarth, whom Simon Jones admires for possessing an extraordinary eye for pictorial detail and social nuance. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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My history hero: William Hogarth (1697–1764). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Arthur addresses his knights in a 12th-century Arthurian manuscript now held in Rennes, France. (Photo by: Leemage/UIG via Getty Images)

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Britain’s green pioneers

New US citizens celebrate after taking the oath at a US District Court for the Central District of California naturalisation ceremony, 2007. (Photo by Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Simon Schama on American history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A second-century bronze head of Roman Emperor Hadrian

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Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

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Gentile Bellini

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My history hero: Gentile Bellini (1429-1507). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting inhabitants of Hawaii making an offering to Captain Cook

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The gardens of the Ursuline Convent, Quebec, Canada

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Esther Wheelwright: from survivor to mother superior. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soldiers of the Soviet Union

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A 1950s illustration of Vladimir Lenin on the sealed train between Switzerland and Russian. (Alamy)

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The school leaving age: what can we learn from history?

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