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Ye olde travel guide: Philadelphia 1774. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rosa Parks Riding the Bus

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My history hero: Rosa Parks (1913-2005). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&A: Where did the monks go after the dissolution of the monasteries?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The LibraryYe olde travel guide: Hong Kong 1842. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Victorian trade in dead bodies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Robert Louis Stevenson, the 19th-century English poet and novelist perhaps best known for his books 'Treasure Island' and the 'Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

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The Uganda railway, which links Uganda and Kenya with the Indian Ocean port of Mombasa in Kenya, was built during the period of British control of East Africa. (SSPL/Getty Images)

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The dark side of abolitionism. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anglo-Saxon brooch discovered in Norfolk

"Pope Urban II’s address at the Council of Clermont, the moment that triggered the First Crusade, has gone down as perhaps the most influential speech in history," writes Sandbrook. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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A big day in history: The day Pope Urban II exhorted Christians to go on crusade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Nelson mortally wounded at Trafalgar in 1805

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Nelson: the unhappy admiral. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Alfred the Great and Æthelflæd, 13th century

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The Anglo-Saxon cunning woman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain

British political cartoonist David Low. His caricatures of political figures including Hitler resulted in him being placed in the Nazi 'Black Book' – a list of prominent Britons who were to be arrested in the case of a successful invasion of Britain. (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images

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My history hero: Sir David Low (1891–1963). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&A: When was the first wheelchair introduced?

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Commander: The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain

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Ye olde travel guide: Moscow 1937. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Chepstow Castle', C1770S.

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The LibraryWales in the Civil War: the last refuge of monarchy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British soldiers on the front of El Alamein. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

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El Alamein: The British empire's last hurrah. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A vintage map of Europe. One of the hardest things for small nations to accept is that they're not in control over their own destinies, says Mark Mazower. (Getty Images)

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The LibraryA little history of the world: the importance of small states in global politics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sinners? Scroungers? Saints? Unmarried Motherhood in 20th-Century England

Nuclear bomb test. (OFF/AFP/Getty Images)

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How Britain got the bomb. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Project uses 'crowd-sourcing' to decipher early handwriting

A ceiling fresco depicting Christ. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Christianity under Roman rule: a new church is born. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A coloured engraving from the 16th century depicting Walter Ralegh's arrival in Virginia. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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Tudors in America: how England's New World colonies came into being. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Herbert 'Blondie' Hasler (left) pictured with Bill Sparks and Mary Lindell. It was "his ability to take ordinary men and give them the confidence and skills to do extraordinary things" that made him a hero, says Paddy Ashdown. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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My history hero: ‘Blondie’ Hasler (1914–87). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My generous Daddy

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The scandal of female miners in 19th-century Britain

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Eric Hobsbawm obituary

Hampton Court Palace

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The LibraryWhere history happened: a history of disability. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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