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Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Debating British monarchy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 ways our food shopping habits have changed since 1947. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

History heroKate Mosse chooses Edith Cavell (1865–1915)

My favourite place: Sicily

Stalin’s early years and Mein Kampf. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhat was the 'North Sea Outrage'?

The story of Germany. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history hero: Eleanor Roosevelt (1884–1962). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: The Black Forest, south-west Germany

My history hero: Bobby Moore. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

QuizTest your knowledge of WW2 history

My favourite place: Antigua

Q&AHas anyone ever died of laughter?

Q&AIs the Bakewell tart really from Bakewell?

The German view on the First World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWho won the first FIFA World Cup?

My history heroNelson Mandela (1918-2013). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian gallery10 amazing Punch magazine sketches from 1859 to 1981

Q&AWhy do we say ‘Break a leg’?

Ye olde travel guide: Goree, 1782. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My history hero: CLR James (1901–89). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ronald Reagan: 10 facts about the 40th president of the USA. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ye olde travel guide: Seville, 1670. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Books interview with Ian Morris: "War can be a productive force in that it produces larger, more peaceful societies". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryBritain and France: Empires under fire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

20th Century videoD-Day landings and the original singing dog: top 10 British Pathé videos

Books interview with Helen Rappaport: the Romanov sisters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

First World War

Behind the scenes of new First World War drama The Crimson Field

My history hero: Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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