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A statue of Oliver Cromwell stares downwards, against a red background

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The dark truth about Oliver Cromwell

The burgundy cover of a British passport

Medieval

Q&AWhen were passports as we know them today first introduced?

John of Gaunt shown in a c16th-century portrait

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John of Gaunt: The man who would be king. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on Tamil culture“Let’s cherish this shining light of the great Bronze Age civilisations”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Emma Dabiri“Merriman-Labor’s searing satire of the British was not well received”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black-and-white image shows King George V inspecting soldiers

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How George V won the war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anna Whitelock's Talking PointsFoundational stories. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This red-figure pottery depicts a story involving Helen of Troy. Greek tragedies posed their audiences an awkward question: what would you do if you were in a similar situation? Meanwhile, comedy gave satirists a channel through which to cut Athens' political heavies down to size. (DEA/G.NIMATALLAH/De Agostini/Getty Images)

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Ancient Greek theatre and the Athenian identity. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Perceval meets the Fisher King in an illustration for Chrétien de Troyes’ 12th-century Perceval, The Story of the Grail

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How to write a medieval romance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Adolf Hitler stands with his back to a statue of Discobolos, the Discus Thrower

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The classics and racial hatred: how the far right hijacked the ancient world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Princess Elizabeth, later Queen Elizabeth II with her husband Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh, on their wedding day

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The Prince Philip Years: how did Britain change while he was Queen Elizabeth II's consort?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The death of Domitian: how aristocrats conspired against the Roman emperor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of Henry VII, surrounded by Tudor roses. In the background there are shadows of those who challenged for his throne.

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Henry VII: the greatest pretender. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval

Q&ADid the Scottish mass-murdering cannibal Sawney Bean actually exist?

A Hawker Hurricane of Fighter Command on its way to intercept German bombers as they crossed the south coast of England during the Battle of Britain, 1940. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

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6 Battle of Britain myths. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An Israeli pilot after the raid on Entebbe

20th Century

Operation Thunderbolt: Was the 1976 'raid on Entebbe' a brilliant rescue?

An Anglo-Saxon cross from the church of St Michael

Anglo-Saxon

Anglo-Saxon conversion: the coming of the cross (at the point of a sword)

Two Hitler Youth who have surrendered to Allied Forces, Germany, 1945. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

First World War

Innocence under fire: how children were used in warfare of the past

A bust of Ashoka the Great

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History heroNihal Arthanayake chooses Ashoka the Great (c304–c232 BC). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Alex Von Tunzelmann“Debates about statues are often posed in simplistic primary colours”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A plane crashes into the South Tower of the World Trade Center

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9/11: Twenty years on. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Allied convoy PQ 17 is attacked by a German torpedo aircraft on its way across the Arctic Ocean, c1942. (Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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“The worst journey in the world”: the Arctic convoys of the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration showing the traders who made a fortune during the wake of the Black Death

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Merchants of doom: the traders who profited from the Black Death. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Lady Emma Hamilton

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Nelson's sensational mistress: how Emma Hamilton took Europe by storm. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Workers lower the bodywork of a Standard Vanguard car onto its chassis in a factory

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Britain’s motor city: how Coventry's car industry roared to greatness – then went into reverse. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

German troops on horseback cross a bridge during the Poland campaign

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The brutal blitzkrieg: the 1939 invasion of Poland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

John F Kennedy with US Army officials during the Cuban missile crisis

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“We are eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked”: how the Cuban Missile Crisis escalated. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anna Whitelock's Talking PointsPlot twists. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Emma Dabiri“Anarcha Westcott should be hailed as a ‘mother of gynaecology’”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on history festivals“The communal retelling of history is magical. Just ask the kids!”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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