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A brave new world: the 1980s home computer boom

The LibraryThe one-woman revolution. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&ACould women in Ancient Rome hold any power?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AHow did doctors treat leprosy?

History explorer: the swinging sixties. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How has public memory of the Holocaust changed over the years?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A brief history of camouflage

5 hidden killers of the Victorian home. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Is Martin Luther King's ‘I have a dream’ the greatest speech in history?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Postwar Germany and medieval CSI. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Chess, gambling and cards: Tudor games and indoor pastimes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The history of middle-class wine drinking

Q&AWhy do we say ‘happy as Larry’?

Victorian bakers and the Leningrad symphony. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Game of Thrones: medieval inspiration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryBritain’s tearoom fascists. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

5 festive facts from BBC Two’s QI

The six ages of China. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Christmas celebrations: the old versus the new. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sex, scandals and betrayals: Charles II and his court

Britain’s railways and the Titanic. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The gruesome remains of prehistoric murder victims uncovered in Europe's bogs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhat signals were used in fan language?

Q&AWhen was the first Christmas stamp issued?

In pictures: Frank Sinatra at 100

Where, in Ancient Egypt, did people live?

Celtic myths: the tales that might have inspired Star Wars and Harry Potter. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A brief history of how we fell in love with caffeine and chocolate. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Recipes from the Tudor kitchen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 strange facts about the history of apples. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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