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A modern painting of the battle of Long Island

Georgian

What if…the Continental Army had not escaped after the battle of Long Island?

A 1948 photograph of the House of Epidius Rufus in Pompeii. The structure had to be rebuilt after being damaged by Allied bombs during WWII (Photo by SuperStock/Alamy Stock Photo)

Roman

How were Pompeii and Herculaneum discovered?

An 18th-century artwork depicting the AD 79 eruption of Vesuvius from across the Bay of Naples (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Roman

PompeiiA timeline of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius

A 19th-century depiction of the market of Pompeii

Roman

PompeiiWhat was life like before the eruption of Vesuvius?

A purported portrait of Elizabeth Báthory as a young woman

General Early Modern

Elizabeth Báthory: a 17th-century 'serial killer'

An illustration of King Arthur's coronation, from the 13th-century Flores Historiarum

Medieval

Was King Arthur real? Discover the legend of the 'once and future king'

John Chu standing in front of a portrait

General History

My life in historyDr John Chu, senior national curator at the National Trust

Sierra Leone in the mid-19th century – houses and people walking past.

Georgian

Recaptive Number 11,407Piecing together the life of a freed slave

A painted portrait of William Blake

Georgian

William BlakeRomantic visionary

An early Peace People march in Belfast’s Woodvale Park

20th Century

What was the Peace People movement in Northern Ireland?

Fulvia gleefully posing with Cicero’s severed head, in an 1898 painting by Pavel Svedomsky. Whether or not she pierced his tongue with hairpins is the subject of debate (Photo by CBW / Alamy Stock Photo)

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Fulvia: the maligned wife of politicians who made herself the power broker of ancient Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Men of the 23rd US Infantry in France, 1918. The Western Front w ould not have even come into existence had the Schlieffen Plan been executed successfully. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

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What if…The Schlieffen plan had been successful?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two police officers take off a man in a police car during the Notting Hill race riots, London, UK, 2 September 1958.

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How did the US civil rights movement influence Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Protesters in Washington DC with placards

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The long road to racial equality. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

James Lawson hosting a press conference in Alabama

20th Century

Who were the key figures of the civil rights movement?

A c1943 photograph of USS Indianapolis. Built in New Jersey, the Portland-class heavy cruiser was launched in 1931 (Photo by US Navy/Interim Archives/Getty Images)

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Into the jaws of hell: the WW2 sinking of USS Indianapolis. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, seen in 1975, would have been the leading candidate to be the first person to step on the Moon had the Soviets landed before the US (Photo by Space Frontiers/Getty Images)

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What if...The Soviets had landed on the Moon first and won the Space Race?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The newly-completed Central Criminal Court in the City of London, known as the Old Bailey.

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Historical Cold CasesThe Murder Of ‘Madame X’. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The city of Hiroshima, Japan, a few days after the first atom bomb is dropped in August 1945. This clearly demonstrated the apocalyptic potential of the new weapon (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Second World War

The Manhattan Project: your guide to the building of the first atomic bomb

Alice Marble in the 'Daily News' colour studio.

20th Century

Alice MarbleThe tennis champion with multiple lives

Illustration of the Children's Crusade of 1212, from the Story of the British Nation, Volume 1, by Walter Hutchinson, c1920 (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Medieval

What was the Children’s Crusade, and did it actually happen?

Photo of Hiram Bingham

General Early Modern

How a proto-Indiana Jones rediscovered the Inca stronghold of Machu Picchu

Illustration of Spartacus, the escaped gladiator who became a leader in the Third Servile War, and his comrades using vines to abseil down the slopes of Mount Vesuvius in preparation of a surprise attack.

Roman

The Servile Wars: Spartacus & the rebellions that threatened the Roman Republic

Mathematician and Bletchley Park codebreaker Alan Turing played a key role in deciphering the Enigma code (Photo by Science History Images / Alamy Stock Photo)

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What if...The Enigma code had not been cracked by Alan Turing and Bletchley Park?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph taken during the filming of an ITV documentary to mark the 400th anniversary of the 1605 gunpowder plot. Justin is pictured on the left, with his camera

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My life in historyJustin Pollard, historical consultant. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 1930s depiction of a Norman hunt. The invasion of William the Conqueror in 1066 marked the beginning of England’s Royal Forest (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

Plantagenet

The Charter of the Forest: your guide to the 13th-century law

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Danny Robin's paranormal cold casesA Walthamstow folk demon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Picture depicting the Battle of Worcester

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The battle of Worcester: Cromwell’s last battle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

StuartvideoRoundheads and Cavaliers: where did the Civil War nicknames come from?

American aviator Bessie Coleman pictured in c1922, around the time she made her debut flight. Her astonishing aerial stunts would earn her the monikers ‘Queen Bess’ and ‘Brave Bessie’ (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

20th Century

Bessie Coleman: a boundary-breaking pilot who fought for her dream

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