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The medieval longing for the good old days. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Barcelona

A handbook to shopping in ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

ExploreAthens: a city of ancient sites and modern visions. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

The big questionWhy did the west dominate history for so long?

History quiz – Vikings, mobile phones and the Varangian Guard. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryWhat was history’s most dramatic year?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryA city break in medieval Europe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

What is the origin of the phrase 'to blow smoke up someone's arse'?

First World War

Books interview with Catherine Merridale: "This was the most important railway journey made in the 20th century"

Winston Churchill: atomic warrior, nuclear peacemaker. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: the Belgian coast

Q&AHow and when did the medieval period get its name?

Q&AQ&A: Why is Portugal known as Britain’s oldest ally?

From bes to Bitcoin: alternative currencies in the ancient Roman world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Socialite, spy, saviour: Grace Dalrymple Elliott. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryHitler’s fury, Franco’s guile and the bribe that saved the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Transcending the Cold War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Europe’s century of peace and progress. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Blood and sand: Suez, Hungary and the crisis that shook the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The reluctant Europeans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Delft, Netherlands

History quiz – spacewalks, battles and Eleanor of Aquitaine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Vézelay, France

The running revolutionary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryHolidays with Hitler. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Global encounters of the ancient kind

Les Parisiennes: how the women of Paris lived, loved and died in the 1940s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AHow old is the pencil?

The Somme: was it really a monstrous failure?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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