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Princess Charlotte and Princess Diana

General History

Charlotte and Diana: the parallel lives of two Princesses of Wales whose deaths sent the nation into mourning

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My history heroCommonwealth secretary-general Baroness Scotland chooses Ulric Cross. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This illustration depicts six of Calais’ richest citizens pleading for their lives.

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Medieval Stalingrad: why the siege of Calais was so critical in the Hundred Years' War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A French soldier pictured next to wrecked German lorries.

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Could WW1 have ended in 1916?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An older man sitting against a desk, looking towards the camera.

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Jonathan Sumpton on the Hundred Years’ War: “It was Joan of Arc who persuaded the French that they could win”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black and white photo of the American actress Janet Leigh, with a shadow of a chair on the wall behind her. She is looking forwards and screaming in shock.

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Ninety years of horror: nine films that reflect society’s changing anxieties. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

(Illustration by Hugh Cowling for BBC History Magazine)

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Sportswashing: have nations always used sport to launder their reputations?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo inside Winchester Cathedral looking up towards the arches. Just underneath an arch, there is a dark brown inscribed box.

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The bone chests of Winchester: an Anglo-Saxon detective story. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting of Queen Anne Boleyn, with her hair held up, and a B pendant on one of her necklaces.

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Anne Boleyn’s fatal French connection. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black and white photo showing a group of friends having a picnic, including Josef Mengele (third from the right).

20th Century

Tracking down the Nazi 'Angel of Death': one man's hunt for Josef Mengele

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Michael Wood on the ongoing legacy of slavery"Slavery’s effects are still working themselves out in our lives today". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Toy Story, starring cowboy Woody

General Modern

10 milestones in Disney's 100-year history

Steamboat Willie, a mouse at the wheel

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Cartoon century: a history of 100 years of Disney. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of the Duke of Wellington at the battle of Waterloo (18 June 1815) during the Napoleonic Wars. Although Waterloo was "undeniably the most pivotal battle of this campaign", it was not the final battle against France, says Jem Duducu. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Georgian

7 things you (probably) didn’t know about the Napoleonic Wars

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My history heroDermot O’Leary chooses Tom Neil. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A fifteenth century manuscript illustration showing the Knights Templar being burned in the presence of King Philip IV of France.

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Templars on trial: why were the Knights accused of such heinous crimes?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of a woman with an insect net looking at some larger-than-life butterflies and moths.

General Early Modern

Eleanor Glanville: the butterfly collector

Victorian

Kavita Puri's hidden histories: "Britain’s first black editor achieved so much in such a short life"

Ships in battle on the sea

General Early Modern

When pirates ruled Asia's waves

Pupils at a primary school in London

21st Century

Are black histories still being overlooked?

An Indian soldier keeps watch in a British trench, c1916

20th Century

The British empire in 1923: the story of the imperial project's territorial height

The striking, surrealism-influenced Radio Times cover shows the transmitter mast at Alexandra Palace

General Modern

Radio Times at 100: a "vivid running commentary" on a century of British life

Mary Beard

Roman

“The Roman empire cannot have been governed by a series of psychopaths. It would not have survived”Mary Beard on Roman Emperors

A coloured engraving of Richard Whittington, wearing red robes and hat

Medieval

How the real Dick Whittington lives up to his pantomime

Medieval

My history heroDame Rachel de Souza chooses Ignatius of Loyola

A graphic of a detective looking through a magnifying glass at an old fountain pen with a skull on the nib.

20th Century

The rise of the poison pen: 6 cases of anonymous hate mail in Britain

Portrait of Elizabeth Linley

Georgian

8 scandals that shocked Georgian Britain

Miniature of Ecgfrith, king of the English, along with his bishop Trumwine, visiting Cuthbert at Lindisfarne

Anglo-Saxon

How the Kingdom of Northumbria changed Anglo-Saxon England

Robert the Bruce addresses his troops ahead of Bannockburn in a 20th-century engraving.

Medieval

Why is the battle of Bannockburn remembered as Scotland’s greatest victory?

c1880, the Paris rugby team.

20th Century

When Vichy France banned rugby

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