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Two overlapping circular portraits against a teal background: a Renaissance painting of Isabella d’Este on the left and a photograph of author Sarah Dunant on the right

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"She made an impact without being sexually attractive": why this Renaissance fashionista is my history hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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WW2's bloody battle for Arakan. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Bayeux Tapestry: secrets of the stitchers. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Andy Burnham and Emmanuel Macron are pictured in front of an enlarged image of the Bayeux Tapestry. Burnham looks towards the smiling French president, while a scene from the medieval embroidery fills the background.

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Politically embarrassing to politically powerful: how the Bayeux Tapestry became a tool of diplomacy

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Frida Kahlo: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A nighttime projection of the Bayeux Tapestry illuminates the White Cliffs of Dover, depicting Norman ships crossing the Channel alongside the word “Merci!” and the British Museum logo, celebrating the tapestry’s loan to the UK in summer 2026.

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I correctly predicted that the Bayeux Tapestry would come home. But is football coming home too?

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Pablo Picasso: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The real history behind your favourite William Morris designs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The man who saved D-Day: the real history behind Pressure. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Johannes Vermeer: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A pale stone figurine head with simplified facial features and carved parallel lines suggesting hair, shown against a dark blue background.

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A history of the world in 7 faces: from Tutankhamun to the Virgin Mary. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A person in a dark shirt stands near the entrance of a rough‑walled cave. Red graffiti is painted on the rock above, and the cave interior fades into darkness

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I went digging for buried Nazi gold – and this is what I discovered. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A gold funerary mask shaped into a human face, with almond‑shaped eyes, a prominent nose, and a closed mouth. The surface is worn and cracked, with some sections missing.

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Blood and plunder: the looted African gold – and the fight to get it back. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Three prehistoric objects showing engraved markings, including a carved bone, a small decorated plaque, and a stone figure with incised lines.

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40,000 years ago, our ancestors left these strange symbols behind. What do they really mean?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A stylised illustration shows sections of the Bayeux Tapestry rolled up and tied, standing upright inside an open cardboard box marked “special delivery”. The bright yellow background features faint imagery and text, evoking news coverage of the tapestry’s proposed loan.

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Politics and the Bayeux Tapestry: the inside story of the blockbuster loan to the British Museum

A digital collage mixes close‑up sections of a painted face with modern geometric shapes in yellow, blue, gray, white, and rust‑red, intersected by black lines. A necklace with a gold letter “B” and pearl drops appears among the fragments.

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What did Anne Boleyn REALLY look like? Our new research could change everything. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A section of the Bayeux Tapestry showing several mounted Norman figures riding left across the scene. The men wear simple tunics and carry spears; their horses are stylised with patterned manes. On the right, a nobleman holds a falcon on his gloved hand, indicating a falconry scene. Decorative animals and small trees fill the border, and a line of Latin text runs above the figures.

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Is the Bayeux Tapestry in "mortal danger"? I think that's the wrong question to ask

A digital collage featuring a Victorian-era woman in formal dress at the centre. Behind her are layered images including industrial smokestacks, ornate patterns, playing cards, and text from the book “The Mabinogion” by Lady Charlotte Guest. The overall style blends historical portraiture with abstract and industrial elements.

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10 children and 12,000 pieces of art: the remarkable life of Lady Charlotte Schreiber. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 6Surrealism and the legacy of caricature | Alice Loxton on the world of the Georgians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 5Fashion and folly | Alice Loxton on the world of the Georgians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 4Health and medicine | Alice Loxton on the world of the Georgians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 3Napoleon: hero or “Little Boney”? | Alice Loxton on the world of the Georgians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 2High society | Alice Loxton on the world of the Georgians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 1The royal family | Alice Loxton on the world of the Georgians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The RUDE SECRETS of the Bayeux Tapestry. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of a monk writing on a large piece of parchment, with colourful and dramatic scenes spilling out of the pen

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The Book of Kells: "a masterpiece of medieval calligraphy and painting". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A poster showing a black and white photo of Hitler with a young blond boy in the foreground

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Hitler's war on words: how the Nazis used art to bolster their murderous regime. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A painting of two men, dressed in colourful robes, hug each other. One man is standing on top of a lamb, the other on a lion

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Michael Wood on the rise and fall of Asian empires. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration showing a large white building with a triangular roof and columns. In front of it, there is an open gate with chains and several padlocks hanging from the left hand side

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Who should decide the stories museums tell?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two figures cut out from the Bayeux Tapestry and digitally rearranged, with one appearing to use an oversized needle and thread to embroider a mounted warrior below. The collage places the figures against a blank section of linen bordered by sections of the original tapestry.

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Just how many Bayeux Tapestries were there?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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