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A day in the life of Jane Austen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Corner shops and Russian ballet. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

History Explorer: The Roman army in Britain. 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.

History-loving politicians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historians in parliament. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhy do we say throw down the gauntlet?

History explorer: the arts and crafts movement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

It is claimed that the Pilgrim Fathers set sail from Plymouth but I’ve also heard that they started in Boston, Lincolnshire. Which is correct?

Through foreign eyes: the forgotten ambassadors to the Tudor court. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

Q&AWhy are kissing gates so called and what is their significance as entrances to graveyards?

Peter Snow’s six most important documents in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhy do we smash champagne bottles against new ships?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhy do Americans call the British ‘limeys’?

History quiz – Chaucer, sailors and the Civil War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History quiz – Anglo-Saxons, Bright’s disease and the Byzantine army. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history hero: Charlotte Brontë (1816-55). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soviet science and feeding Britain at war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

BBC History Magazine

Who was the first ever teenage heartthrob?

Black British history and Charles I’s children. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Reporting from war zones. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The secrets of 6 of Britain’s most famous castles – with Dan Jones

Life in 19th-century slums: Victorian London’s homes from hell

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

Poldark’s Cornwall: the history behind the hit series

The Aberfan disaster and women who made history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Touring London with Shakespeare, Dickens and Oscar Wilde: 7 must-see literary landmarks. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Occupation, resistance, subjugation: the bloody aftermath of 1066. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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