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The history of St Patrick's Day traditions – and the importance of the colour green

The Highlanders of North Carolina & the battle of Moore’s Creek Bridge. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

Eugenics: a toxic history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Stalin’s famine: a brief history of the Holodomor in Soviet Ukraine

Witchfinding: what drove the hunters’ cruel crusade and what methods did they use?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

20 inspirational quotes from women through history

The Highland Clearances: a historian’s guide to a century of eviction

How museums are shaping the future. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Old English: a quick guide. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Witch hunters: cynical persecutors or misguided zealots?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Episode 2Establishment values in the 1930s. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhy does the Welsh flag feature a red dragon?

Your guide to Oswald Mosley and the British Union of Fascists (BUF)

Has Russia always played by its own rules?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Roman invasion of Britain: did the Britons ignore them?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhy is the leek associated with Wales?

Mrs Astor and the Four Hundred

Spies in show business. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

A brief history of curling – from medieval Scotland to the Winter Olympics

British identity in 50 documents. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval masterclass 4: Revolution 1348-1527. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhat was floriography?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Valentine's celebrations in historyFrom fertility festivals to the first cards

Jane Whorwood: the royalists' secret weapon. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The supernatural interests of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The battle of Fishguard: the last invasion of mainland Britain

Georgian Britain: the highs and lows of a transformative age. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Penelope J Corfield“The Georgian era was a time of experimentation and invention”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sanctuary in medieval churches: how criminals found protection from capture and punishment. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Schoolchildren on strike: when pupils demanded shorter hours. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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