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Britain’s refugee camps. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Tokyo, Japan

Books interview with David Edgerton: "We need to tackle British history as we would the turbulent story of Germany”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kate Middleton: a thoroughly modern mum. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

10 things you didn’t know about London’s sporting history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ireland’s past and present. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Behold, America: Sarah Churchwell in conversation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

"Damn your blood": Swearing in early modern English

5 facts about Shakespeare’s Globe theatre

4 facts about the history of the weather forecast

13 weird historical facts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Elections in the late Roman Republic: how did they work?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

“London is the place for me”: David Olusoga on the Windrush generation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryHave high-rises ever been the answer to our housing woes?

My favourite place: Bern, Switzerland

Books interview with Keith Thomas: “The world was divided into the ‘civil’ and the ‘barbarous’”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Grenfell Tower: from hope to tragedy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The history of Britain’s roads

Violence, rebellion and sexual exploitation: the darker side of Ancient Rome

Stuart Britain: what was life like for ordinary people?

The remarkable history of the Netherlands. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

8 ways railway travel changed everything for Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A brief history of beards

A pioneering flight: Charles Lindbergh’s transatlantic crossing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Georgian guide to perfect parenting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black Death: “Oh father, why have you abandoned me?”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The rise of the Great British 'bobby': a brief history of Britain's police service

Second World War

5 facts about the Bevin Boys

The Black Death: the historians’ view. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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