November 2022

Did Israelite slaves build the pyramids, as shown in this copper engraving of 1630? Historians have shown that slave labour of this kind did not really exist in Egypt (Photo by akg-images)

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Fact checking history: why dates, terminology and clarity matter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Mikhail Gorbachev as seen in a 1995 portrait. His leadership saw the Soviet Union undergo dramatic reform, leading to its dissolution in 1991 (Photo by Dana Gluckstein / mptvimages / eyevine)

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Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as a Cold War hero or a failed idealist: the historians' verdict. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A German soldier captured during the battle of Kursk, July–August 1943. Germany’s last major offensive on the eastern front ended in crushing defeat (Photo by STF/AFP/ GettyImages)

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Bitter end: Hitler's downfall and the end of the war and the Third Reich

A scene from the Luttrell Psalter, c1330, gives an idealised insight into everyday life in 14th-century rural England

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Life as a medieval peasantHow accurate are depictions on screen?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Lucy Worsley. (Photography by Frank Monks)

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Lucy Worsley“Agatha Christie’s mysterious disappearance in 1926 was the central injustice of her life”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.