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Portrait of Jacq Barnard.

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My life in historyProject manager at the Sutton Hoo's Ship's Company. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An image of Aethelstan

Anglo-Saxon

Æthelstan and the foundation of England: your guide to the 'first king of the English'

Montage of famous assassinations, including Gandhi and JFK.

General History

50 assassinations that changed the world

The England football team badge, showing three lions on a field of ten Tudor roses

Medieval

Why are there three lions on the shirts of the English football team?

Three men in 18th‑century clothing gather around a table covered with papers and books, reading and discussing documents in a sunlit room.

Georgian

Your guide to the 1776 American Declaration of Independence

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A timeline of Roman Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael uses a medieval tool while undertaking further work at Prebendal Manor.

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My life in historyHistoric gardener. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Suffragette Annie Kenney

Edwardian

8 famous suffragettes and votes for women campaigners

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Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesTime travel. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British Army National Service recruits

20th Century

National Service: here's what you need to know about the history of Brits being conscripted into the Armed Forces

Picture of Owen Horsley

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My life in historyDirector at the Royal Shakespeare Company. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Slave markets – as shown in this engraving – were a staple of most Roman towns (Image by Alamy)

Roman

Ancient Roman slavery: what was life like as an enslaved person?

Tudor

The Evil May Day Riots of 1517: what happened?

Mysterious moody trees at night.

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Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesA holiday from hell. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photo a two men riding horses, all dressed in jousting gear.

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My life in historyJouster at the Royal Armouries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Old cobblestone footpath at a park.

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Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesMy best friend's ghost. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A graphic of a feminine face, with a finger being held up to the lips in a “Silence please” gesture

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Life hacks from historyHow to keep a secret. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jon working at the 12th-century Lanercost Priory in Cumbria, which was once home to an Augustinian order.

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My life in historyGeospatial imaging analyst at Historic England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sir Walter Raleigh, a portrait of the great favourite of Queen Elizabeth I

Elizabethan

Q&AWhy was Sir Walter Raleigh executed?

English highwayman Dick Turpin is pictured astride his horse, leaping over a gate, as he flees his pursuers

Georgian

The extraordinary legend of highwayman Dick Turpin

Silhouette of a ghost in an old property.

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Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesThe ghost of Elizabeth Dacre. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A woman holding a baby.

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Life hacks from historyHow to raise a child. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Howard with his dad in front of a blue plaque.

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My life in historyBlue plaques historian at English Heritage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life hacks from historyGet a good night’s sleep. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General Andrew Jackson (on horseback) led US forces to victory over the British at the battle of New Orleans on 8 January 1815 (Photo by Pierce Archive LLC/Buyenlarge via Getty Images)

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Regency Britain: An age of war and revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Employees operate power looms at a cotton mill in Lancashire (Photo by SSPL/Getty Images)

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Reading between the lines: the real-life events that inspired Jane Austen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gulag inmates were not simply imprisoned, but forced to carry out hard labour. (Photo by Getty Images)

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The founding and fall of the USSR. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Men using a cannon

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My life in historyArtillery gun captain in the Sealed Knot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jane Austen, c1790

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Becoming Jane Austen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Regency parson officiates at a wedding ceremony in a country church, 1820

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How to survive a Regency marriage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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