February 2025

Basildon Park in Berkshire

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The profits of slaveryThe dire impact of empire on Britain's countryside. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hever Castle.

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Five shocking tales from Britain’s royal palaces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Fingers, frogs and fairies: the fashion for fortune telling in the 15th and 16th centuries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The history of Africa: why we need to look much deeper than slavery and colonisation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The rise of the Nazis and the importance of heeding warnings. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"I felt very alone in a world gone horribly mad": the experiences of evacuees in WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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England’s forgotten medieval hero: how John, Duke of Bedford carried on Henry V's fight. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 20th-century painting shows John applying his seal to the 1215 charter

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Henry III and the Magna Carta that mattered. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"Nothing matches being with Alexander the Great on foot in the Hindu Kush". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history heroMary Archer chooses Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.