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"Elizabeth was certainly no feminist": Tracy Borman on the Elizabethans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&ACould modern medicine have saved Abraham Lincoln?

The long history of Chinese intelligence-gathering. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Wood on the Bangladesh Liberation War“From Africa to the Indian subcontinent, imperialism has left a trail of damage”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

QuizHistory on the screen

QuizHow well do you know the history behind everyday inventions?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain’s squirrel wars: the 150-year battle between reds and greys. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth I's accession day celebrations. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

"A Viking wedding involved a bed and eight people", plus four other facts about the Vikings you might not know.... This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The extraordinary legend of highwayman Dick Turpin

An act of love: breastfeeding in the medieval period. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who shot JFK? Was Elizabeth I a man? Did aliens land at Roswell?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history heroNatalie Haynes chooses Phryne. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

QuizFamous quotations

The curious story of the great wheelbarrow craze of the 19th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“There was a general perception that Queen Victoria’s mourning was neither normal nor acceptable”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 1943 Bengal famine: "People began collapsing in the streets and dying on the pavements". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

When was the first international rugby match, and who played in it?

QuizWho's missing from these images?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

QuizBBC History Magazine trivia

Knights! Camera! Action! Hollywood's obsession with the medieval era. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sisters at war: Mary I and Elizabeth I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Death on the canal: inside a Victorian crimewave. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The race across the Atlantic. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Shrove Tuesday historyWhy do we eat pancakes?

My history heroGeorge C Wolfe chooses Bayard Rustin. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The French resistance during the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

LGBTQ people who changed the world

Alexandria: the ancient world's greatest city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“Whatever you want to say about Kissinger, he had consequence”: the life and legacy of the American diplomat. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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