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A painting by Vincenzo Camuccini depicting the death of Julius Caesar in the Roman Senate. (Photo by Leemage/Corbis via Getty Images)

Roman

The death of Caesar: do we know the whole story?

Guitarist David Crosby of the Byrds performs with his band in front of a large crowd at the Magic Mountain Music Festival on Mount Tamalpais, June 1967. (Image by © Henry Diltz/Corbis)

General History

From Ancient Greece to Glastonbury: a brief history of music festivals

Athénaïs de Montespan, one of the official mistresses of Louis XIV, was a suspect in a scandalous plot to murder the French king (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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The Affair of the Poisons: who plotted to kill King Louis XIV?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history heroSir Keir Starmer chooses Eleanor Roosevelt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A mermaid combing her hair

General Early Modern

Tails from the deep: separating the real folklore of mermaids from Disney stories

Anne Boleyn during her imprisonment in the Tower of London, a c1835 painting by Édouard Cibot (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Tudor

Elizabeth I and Anne Boleyn: the Tudor queen’s undying love for her mother

Elizabeth Cromwell

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Elizabeth Cromwell: the life of Oliver Cromwell’s shadowy queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Joseph Chamberlain (far right) pictured with his sons Neville (far left) and Austen, daughter Hilda (front left) and third wife, Mary Endicott (Photo by Three Lions/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Chamberlain and Cadbury of BirminghamThe first families in Britain’s second city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Allied troops hide from enemy shelling during the battle of Caen. The town was finally captured after several weeks of intensive fighting. The white markings on their shoulders were later added to the photograph by a censor to hide the name of the battalion. (Photo by Hulton-Deutsch/Hulton-Deutsch Collection/Corbis via Getty Images)

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The battle for Normandy: what happened after D-Day?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A joint British-Jewish patrol in Palestine during the 1936–39 Arab Revolt (Photo by Bridgeman Images)

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How Britain stirred the cauldron of conflict in Palestine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Men kiss in a medieval illumination.

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Are some LGBTQ histories being overlooked?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry III of England.

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David Carpenter on Henry III“He was not a great king but he was respected as a most Christian one”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth is borne from Westminster Abbey in a gold coach first used for the state opening of parliament by George III in 1762. (Getty Images)

20th Century

Becoming Queen: Elizabeth II’s coronation

William Caxton shows off his new press in Westminster to Edward IV in a 19th-century painting (Photo by Artepics / Alamy Stock Photo)

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How William Caxton printed the first-ever book in English. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prime minister Ramsay MacDonald (left) and chancellor Philip Snowden (right) at 10 Downing Street in 1929, two years before they formed a controversial National Government (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Alleged coups and government traitors: conspiracy theories in 20th-century British politics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 1380s depiction of the Knights of the Round Table. Their heroics were routinely celebrated at medieval feasts (Photo by Heritage Images / Contributor / Getty Images)

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6 ingredients for a memorable medieval feast. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

East India Company officer James Tod travels through India in a 19th-century illustration

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Opinion“History is currently being used for political purposes that have very little to do with the past”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

London in the 16th century map, illustration by Theresa Grieben

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Trade, religion and diversity: how Tudor London became a global city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of Tenzing Norgay (left) and Edmund Hillary, sharing a smile in 1953, shortly after scaling Everest.

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EverestThe story of the race to the top of the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bishops tumble, with “popish” paraphernalia falling from their pockets, in a woodcut from a 1641 Puritan pamphlet titled 'A Decade of Grievances' (Photo by Bridgeman Images)

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How people power fuelled England's century of chaos. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Replicas of necklaces belonging to Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife (Photo by Angela-Treasures For A Queen - Etsy)

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Queens of bling: the importance of jewellery to Henry VIII's six wives. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Laurie Avon

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Medieval warfare: five deceptive ways to win a battle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woman teaches a child to read in a 15th century depiction. The medieval period saw women challenge the male stranglehold on intellectual life, says Ian Mortimer (Photo by Marcello Fedeli / Electa / Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

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What does medieval mean? Why the Middle Ages was actually an age of transformation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Did Israelite slaves build the pyramids, as shown in this copper engraving of 1630? Historians have shown that slave labour of this kind did not really exist in Egypt (Photo by akg-images)

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Fact checking history: why dates, terminology and clarity matter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An engraving of the pirate Henry Avery with his ship in a notorious raid that almost pushed England and India to war (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

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Hell on high water: the rise and fall of the golden age of piracy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woodcut from Frances Rose-Troup’s book about the Prayer Book Rebellion, in which some 4,000 people from Devon and Cornwall died (Photo by Collection PJ / Alamy Stock Photo)

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The Prayer Book Rebellion: Mark Stoyle on how the 1549 rising almost changed Tudor history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A clown, c1970s. The next decade, there would be a panic over "stalker clowns" in the US (Photo by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images)

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Clowns, agoraphobia and kayaks: a history of fear and loathing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wife of Bath

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The Wife of Bath: how Chaucer's character gives a voice to medieval women. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 1577 portrait of Arbella Stuart, great- great-granddaughter of Henry VII, as a toddler clutching a doll

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What were the games and pastimes enjoyed by Tudor children?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Patrice Lawrence and Lord Kitchener

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My history heroPatrice Lawrence chooses Lord Kitchener. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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