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How to make sugar-free Tudor biscuits. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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2 August

5 things you (probably) didn't know about... late medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The rise of Henry VII: how a life of cheating death prepared him for the throne as the first Tudor king. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

1 August

Historical anniversariesAugust

My history heroRuby Turner chooses Sister Rosetta Tharpe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Beauty before durability: the interwar beginnings of fast fashion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

A brief history of the toilet: wiping, washing – plus, who invented the flush?

Josef Stalin: the paranoid dictator who forged the Soviet Union into a superpower

Æthelstan: why is writing a biography of one of England's greatest kings so difficult?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My life in historyProject manager at the Sutton Hoo's Ship's Company. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

‘I’m becoming a god!’ How unlikely emperor Vespasian restored Rome – and gave it its gladiatorial heart

Crusader criminals: why medieval knights went rogue in the Holy Land. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kavita Puri's hidden histories: how Gurdip Singh Chaggar's murder in 1976 sparked a youth movement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A perilous game of hide and seekThe history of priest holes and hunters

The man, the myth, the murderer: how Robert the Bruce slaughtered his way to the throne. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Capel CelynThe Welsh village that became a reservoir for England

Ancient Greek warrior women: the extraordinary female figures who shaped the Greco-Persian Wars. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

From the bitter battle of 1832 to the poll that cemented the two-party system: 7 elections that rocked Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroSir Lindsay Hoyle chooses William Lenthall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The seven Cleopatras who shaped the ancient world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why does the United States of America celebrate Independence Day on 4 July?

Your guide to the 1776 American Declaration of Independence

Climbing monks, wrestling kings and marching nuns: what people in the Middle Ages did to exercise. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why did a suffragette attack ‘The Rokeby Venus’ with a meat cleaver?

Alcatraz history: from pelican paradise to prolific prison

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