January 2025

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“The reverberations lasted for generations” | Matthew Gabriele and David M Perry on the civil war of Charlemagne's grandsons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Hugh Cowling

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What inspires our love of history? 6 historians give their childhood recollections on what got them started. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lilian Lenton, collage by Rachel Dickens

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Lilian Lenton, the 'Elusive Pimpernel': the courageous and daring suffragette who took direct action. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How to build a radical: what the Gunpowder Plot can teach us about extremism today. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Who was the greatest President of the United States in history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The palace of Kublai Khan’s son is illustrated in a 15th-century manuscript of the Travels of Marco Polo. Despite such vivid depictions, no reference to the Venetian merchant has ever been found in Chinese sources.

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Do The Travels of Marco Polo belong in the non-fiction section, or fantasy?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A hill to die on: why the Allies almost failed in the battle of Monte Cassino in WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Was there a best time to be alive? The pitfalls of looking back for a nostalgic 'golden age'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Martin Shaw and William Shakespeare

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My history heroMartin Shaw chooses William Shakespeare. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.