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Playing the part of queen for the day

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The winner of our podcast survey has been announced

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The A to Z of royal weddings with Tracy Borman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woodcut showing the Globe Theatre, one of London's most famous landmarks and the venue most closely associated with Shakespeare's plays. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Where history happened: Elizabethan drama. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A message for Albert

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Ancient broch site “occupied for 1,000 years”

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Acclaimed military historian Professor Richard Holmes has died

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5 of the worst smells in medieval London

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Pope John Paul’s blood to be displayed at beatification

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The hour of reckoning

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What are the origins of the word ‘Blighty’ when used to describe Great Britain?

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The smack of willow on leather

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From pop to politics, the ancient world is here to stay

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'Miracle' cures

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Britain’s slaves in Latin America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A colossus at war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A big day in history: the debate on whether Britain should join the European Community. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history hero: Samuel Johnson (1709-84). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The LibraryThe Elizabethan big society. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ye olde travel guide: Acre AD 1272. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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You’d be a mug to sneer at royal wedding souvenirs

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The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance

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Lincoln’s British enemies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Jonty Clark

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Ye olde travel guide: St Petersburg 1725. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The wise rabbi

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Spain's maritime decline

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Q&A: Why didn’t Britain attempt to hinder Italy’s 1935 invasion of Abyssinia by preventing the Italian fleet from using the Suez Canal?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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State control

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African skeleton could be an ancestor

The ruined site of Clonmacnoise in County Offaly, Ireland. (Getty Images)

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Where history happened: the Wars of the Three Kingdoms part 2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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