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Famine: A Short History

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The medieval castle in the English county of Kent

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The King and his castle: how Henry II rebuilt his reputation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'The Fountain of Youth', 1546. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder

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Everard Digby: the man who taught Tudors to swim. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The burning of Templars (From: De casibus virorum illustrium by Giovanni Boccaccio). Artist: Master of the White inscriptions (active ca 1480)

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The Templars on trial: a very muted inquisition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announces the outbreak of the Second World War in a BBC broadcast, 1939. (Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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History hero: Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Miss Ivy Williams

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6 trailblazing women in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Official First World War Photographers

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Britain’s First World War flying aces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Made of basalt, this inscribed stone dates to the sixth century BC. The figure is Nabonidus who was the last king of Babylon before the Persian invasion under Cyrus II. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty images)

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Babylon: From riches to ruins. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of William Hogarth, whom Simon Jones admires for possessing an extraordinary eye for pictorial detail and social nuance. (Photo by Art Media/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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My history hero: William Hogarth (1697–1764). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

King Arthur addresses his knights in a 12th-century Arthurian manuscript now held in Rennes, France. (Photo by: Leemage/UIG via Getty Images)

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Would the real King Arthur please stand up. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Britain’s green pioneers

New US citizens celebrate after taking the oath at a US District Court for the Central District of California naturalisation ceremony, 2007. (Photo by Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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Simon Schama on American history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A second-century bronze head of Roman Emperor Hadrian

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Hadrian: rescuer of the Roman Empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ernesto 'Che' Guevara

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Walking with Che Guevara. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gentile Bellini

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My history hero: Gentile Bellini (1429-1507). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration depicting inhabitants of Hawaii making an offering to Captain Cook

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The LibraryThe mystery of Cook’s lost journal. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The gardens of the Ursuline Convent, Quebec, Canada

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Esther Wheelwright: from survivor to mother superior. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soldiers of the Soviet Union

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Did the Soviet Union win the war?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 1950s illustration of Vladimir Lenin on the sealed train between Switzerland and Russian. (Alamy)

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10 ways to start a revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The school leaving age: what can we learn from history?

A painting of a shipwreck

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Hard lives on the high seas. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An engraving showing chimneys emitting smoke during the Industrial Revolution

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Can history help halt the runaway train?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Civil rights leader Martin Luther King

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Martin Luther King: A drum major for justice. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The 14th-century Gough Map

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The Gough Map: a map of medieval Britain

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History holidays: French fancy

An aerial view of Wilton House

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Going Dutch: the Glorious Revolution of 1688. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

West Kent Territorial Army

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One hundred years of voluntary service. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history hero: Hubert Butler (1900–1991). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A view of Machu Picchu, Peru

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The LibraryImperial marvels

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