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Oxford: from wild student parties to the shadow of war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Eggs, bunnies and Jesus Christ: the history and origins of Easter

What one duel can tell us about Jacobean England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

Q&AWhy do we say it's all gone pear-shaped?

10 April Fools pranks through history that went wrong. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A better deal than Downton? A day in the life of a Jacobean servant. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Oxford v Cambridge: A history of the boat race

Q&AWhat was written on the Vindolanda Tablets?

What was life like on Hadrian's Wall?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Rapa Nui’s island mysteries. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The history of beauty: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Flappers, sanitary pads and public drinking: was the 1920s a time of increased liberation for women?

Naked statues, naughty gods & bad wine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What was feudalism?

Bess of Hardwick: schemer, social climber, scourge of Elizabeth I

Q&AWhat is the greatest mishap caused by someone not realising the clocks had moved forward or back?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 3The corporation at war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AHow did people learn to dance in Baroque and Regency times?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 women inventors you should know about from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prohibition: busting myths about the ban on booze. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stitching together the history of fabric. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dig for Victory: Britain's WW2 war on hunger. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhen did women start wearing trousers?

Carrot conspiracies & digging for victory: feeding Britain in WW2. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhat is a Molotov cocktail?

Children of the Norman Conquest. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Gordons: Prisoners of the Cultural Revolution

General History

Q&AWhere does the word ‘gossip’ come from – and what has it got to do with childbirth?

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

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