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Desired, stolen, cursed: the history of the Koh-i-Noor diamond

Does history show that age affects US presidents’ performance? Plus, how old is too old?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

When did the UK join the European Economic Community (EEC) and why?

The big question: has the European Union been a success?

Second World War

Hitler Youth: how the Third Reich used children’s organisations to wage war

Real-life Sherlocks: the detectives of Scotland Yard and their curious cases. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The day Thomas Blood stole the Crown Jewels. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The death of Sir Winston Churchill and the top-secret plans for his funeral

Frozen: Britain's Little Ice Age

Royalists, beards and cowardice: are these the strangest taxes in history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

6 lesser-known facts about the Ottoman Empire

Second World War

The 'British Schindler' who saved 669 children from the Nazis

The Windrush generation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scandalous Tudor marriages: 7 women who braved royal wrath by marrying for love

Puritans and the Mayflower. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What would you have done? 6 terrible choices people had to make during the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Wet vs Dry: how prohibition fractured America. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Auschwitz volunteer. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

General ancient history

A brief history of Iran

David Bowie's life in pictures

The Vampyre stirs: 200 years of vampire entertainment. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

"A great social experiment”: a brief guide to prohibition

The amazing life of Jeffrey Hudson, the queen's dwarf

The long history of Brexit. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The two faces of Robert Mugabe. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Venezuela: a hundred years of turmoil. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The filthy Middle Ages?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Escape from East Berlin: an audacious bid to tunnel under the Berlin Wall. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A curious history of Christmas. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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