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James Hamilton's 1880s painting 'The Massacre of Glencoe'.

Stuart

Hell at Glencoe: what led to the massacre in the Scottish Highlands?

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Extinct animals of medieval Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Children's author Beatrix Potter as a young woman, c1892

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Why the real Beatrix Potter was more than her children’s tales. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of King Charles I

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Jane Whorwood: the royalists' secret weapon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lettice Knollys

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A Tudor love triangle: Elizabeth I, Lettice Knollys and Robert Dudley

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The battle of Fishguard: the last invasion of mainland Britain

Mary Stuart, shown here in a painting after Nicholas Hilliard, might have been a good queen, says Kate Williams, but the odds were stacked against her. (Image by Superstock)

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Who betrayed Mary, Queen Of Scots?

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Georgian Britain: the highs and lows of a transformative age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A group of Georgian gentlemen smoking, drinking and reading newspapers at their club

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Penelope J Corfield“The Georgian era was a time of experimentation and invention”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An oil on panel portrait of Elizabeth Woodville

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Elizabeth Woodville: Edward IV’s controversial queen consort

A replica of St Edward’s Crown, used in the coronation of British rulers since 1661

General History

Who is Britain’s greatest monarch?

Emerald Fennell plays Camilla Parker Bowles (then Shand) in 'The Crown'

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In profile: Queen Consort Camilla

Charles and Camilla, 1979

20th Century

Charles and CamillaA history of their romance

Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark and the first Viking king of England (Photo by Getty)

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How Sweyn Forkbeard became the first Viking king of England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 19th-century lithograph showing a medieval criminal claiming sanctuary by placing his arm through the ring on a church door (Picture by Bridgman)

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Sanctuary in medieval churches: how criminals found protection from capture and punishment. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ras Prince Monolulu entertains the crowds at Aintree racecourse, 1931 (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

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Ras Prince Monolulu: the horse-race tipster who transformed himself into an Abyssinian prince. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

London schoolboys on strike, Shoreditch, September 1911. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Schoolchildren on strike: when pupils demanded shorter hours. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Painting of Bonnie Prince Charlie

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Bonnie Prince Charlie: Scottish superhero or Italian coward?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Bloody Sunday: 50 years on. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 1Audio adventures in the 1920s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Luke Waller

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The Pentrich Rising: England's forgotten armed revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC employees at work in the control room at the new home at Broadcasting House (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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BBC at 100Broadcasting House: a new home for the BBC. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Princess Elizabeth

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Queen Elizabeth II: the constant face of a changing Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Munich: the real history behind the new film. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait showing Mary, Queen of Scots with her hand on her hip

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Mary, Queen of Scots: your guide to her life and times

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Women of the Rothschild dynasty. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Simone Ashley as Kate Sharma in Bridgerton, next to a Regency portrait of Kitty Kirkpatrick.

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Inspiring Bridgerton: the real South Asian women in Regency-era England

Queen Victoria in 1861

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Queen of spies? Inside Queen Victoria’s secret intelligence network. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The capture of the pirate Blackbeard, 1718. Painting by JLG Ferris. One of history’s most notorious pirates, Edward ‘Blackbeard’ Teach almost certainly had a West Country twang because he was born in Bristol in around 1680. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

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Q&ADid most English pirates really talk with a West Country accent?

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How the Beatles were in tune with 60s Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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