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A dog’s-eye view of Paris. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Far From the Madding Crowd: an interview with Ruth Goodman. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

North Sea oil and the Blitz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

Q&AWhy is a fry-up breakfast called a ‘full English’?

Q&AWhy does Britain have so many accents?

Q&AWhere does the word ‘posh’ come from?

What is the oldest law in England?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval kebabs and pasta: 5 foods you (probably) didn’t know were being eaten in the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

6 weird inventions in history

Cats in history: 3 curious tributes

A brief history of graffiti and creativity. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

8 weird and wonderful pictures from the past

Showering, teeth brushing and donning underwear: the strange history of our daily routine. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In pictures: Victorian life

Crusade logistics and the battle over the slave trade. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In pictures: medieval life

10 dangers of Georgian London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Top 10 historical Cornish words

5 female trailblazers from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

In pictures: Blackpool beach through time

Ancient thinkers and the history of madness. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryThe history of Britain’s talent factory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A virtuous Viking: the medieval legend of Havelok the Dane. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Witch trials and feuding queens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhat was the Third Plague pandemic?

5 facts about the history of the Women’s Institute

7 weird and wonderful medieval facts. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anglo-Saxon saints and British slave-owners. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Books interview with Yasmin Khan: "By the end of the war, few people in the Raj believed it could continue to exist". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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