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The woman who gave birth for Hitler

Hadley Freeman on a 20th-century family history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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12 things you need to know about Anne Frank and her diary

Doctors, playwrights and feminists: meet 6 trailblazing medieval women

“The very sight of her hands did almost turn my stomach”: a brief history of hand-washing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who is the greatest leader in world history?

The (not so) stinky Middle Ages: why medieval people were cleaner than we think

Food and war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A brief history of human filth: how did people try to keep clean in the past?

How the ‘Roaring Twenties’ myth obscures the making of modern Britain

London’s trailblazing women. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A brief history of proposing marriage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General Modern galleryIn pictures: the history of London’s Heathrow Airport

5 smells that made Georgian England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval medicine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hidden Figures: the incredible real history behind the film. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Beating the Black Death: did medieval medicine help people to survive?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Simon Jenkins: "Wales needs to get over England and be Wales again". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The rise of the cat burglar. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Burglary: a modern history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Confronting Holocaust denial: “History is more of a battleground now than ever” says David Baddiel. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Holocaust denial on trial: the story of Irving v Lipstadt

5 acts of kindness that changed history

The Stonewall Riots: the flashpoint that launched the gay rights movement in the US. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael Wood on the Peterloo photograph. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Why do women propose in a leap year?

Confronting evils. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General ancient history

Spanish fly, holy bread and mashed worms: history's weirdest aphrodisiacs and love potions

The afterlife of Charles Manson. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fashion history: dressing to impress in the 17th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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