Dockers unloading wine barrels

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Why Bond and the Beatles ruled the sixties. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thousands gathered in Portugal in October 1917 to witness the Miracle of the Sun.

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Miracle of the SunWhy thousands gathered in 1917 to witness a solar vision

The Unesco world heritage site of Hadrian's Wall. (Photo by Getty Images)

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Black British historyBlack Britannia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 5The mysterious men on-board. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Episode 4Inside the Tudor treasure trove. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anti-Chinese prejudice: from gold rushes to exclusion laws. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Photo of the Jarrow March

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The Jarrow marchThe lasting legacy of the 1936 protest

Scene of the 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' at the Disney World in Orlando, Florida, 1971

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Why we should remember...The day Walt Disney World Resort in Florida welcomed its first guests

A missionary preaches to the Native Americans of Massachusetts, c1650. By now, colonists were imposing their values on the indigenous population, encouraging them to dress like the English – and worship the English God. (Photo by Ian Tyas/Keystone/Getty Images)

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Britain's nuclear fearsHow has the UK prepared for Armageddon?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Black British historyKey questions answered

The leader of the Luddites, 1812. Found in the collection of British Museum. Anonymous artist. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

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5 of the worst years in British history

A loan transaction being recorded in a ledger, shown in a work by Marinus Van Reymerswaele

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Medieval money tricks and the modern world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rosa Parks rides on a Montgomery bus

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50 important historical events: from Sutton Hoo to Rosa Parks

A portrait of Suleiman I, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, shown in profile

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Why we should remember…the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent

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Dangerous ideas & scandalous lives: Germany’s first Romantics. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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KleisthenesFather of Athenian democracy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Winter is coming: the Anglo-Saxon year. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ellis Island: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

East German leader Willi Stoph greets West German chancellor Willy Brandt at Erfurt. (Getty images)

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Cold War summits: how USA & USSR leaders worked to end the conflict. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The uniform worn by pupils at Christ’s Hospital School in Horsham. (Photo by Rex Features)

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The history of school uniforms

Bridal accessories, including lace gloves and pearls (Alchemia | Dreamstime.com)

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Beyond fashion: 6 accessories that reveal changing attitudes in society, from the Georgians to the 20th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&AWhen did people start wearing sunglasses?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cast and crew filming an episode of EastEnders in 1998 (Photo by Polly Borland/Getty Images)

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BBC at 100How EastEnders saved the BBC. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A third-century monument of a Roman woman having her hair styled by slaves, from Germany. High-status women on the frontiers, including at Hadrian's Wall, tried to follow the latest Roman fashions (Photo by DEA / M. BORCHI / Getty Images)

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Roman Britain: what six objects can reveal about life for women at Hadrian’s Wall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The George Inn at Norton St Philip

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In search of Britain’s oldest pub

Police disperse a mob attacking a Hindu temple in Calcutta (now Kolkata) during the violence of Direct Action Day, 1946

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Why we should remember…Direct Action Day

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Countryside campaigners: four women who fought for our green spaces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Troops clear damage after the Lynmouth flood disaster of 1952

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Britain’s flood disasters: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A refugee family in a camp in Pakistan after the partition of British India in 1947

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Enduring trauma: the legacy of partition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Youths throw stones at the Royal Ulster Constabulary in the Catholic Bogside area

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Why we should remember…The battle of the Bogside

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