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The British Empire: Three Films

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May’s Historic Trips...Ten Things To Do

Guernsey’s child evacuees

Charles Théveneau de Morande: an 18th-century French spy in London

A portrait of Charles II wearing the robes of the Order of the Garter. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Charles II: the people’s prince. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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April’s Historic Trips... 10 Things To Do

A ship in a storm

How did Britain come to rule the waves?

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Ten things to do in ... March

The Alfred Jewel: gold, rock, crystal and enamel

Objects of affection

A portrait of Oliver Cromwell

Putting words into Cromwell’s mouth

Sunbathers enjoy some fun and games at a tennis court near a lido at Castle Mill, Cheshire, August 1936

The 1930s: When the future looked bright. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

Peaceful war: was the 19th century a time of relative peace?

Obesity and the modern lifestyle: what can we learn from history?

Arundel castle at dawn

Where history happened: Stephen and Matilda. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Some household cures would aim to rebalance the body's humours

Household medicine: sickness, salves and skillets

Allan Pinkerton

Allan Pinkerton: The eye that never slept

An illustration of the compound microscope used by British inventor and microbiologist Robert Hooke

An experimental society. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ten things to do in… January

Lewis Chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

The LibraryObjects with meanings: How artefacts can give us a new take on global history

Racism by omission

Image of the Lindisfarne Stone from Holy Island, Northumbria. It shows seven warriors, possibly vikings. The Vikings’ first recorded raid on Lindisfarne took place in AD 793. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Why did the Vikings' violent raids begin?

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Ten things to do in … December

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A people’s charter for the outdoors

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Ten things to do in . . . November

‘Battle of Quiberon Bay' (c1765), from 'Old Naval Prints' by Charles N Robinson and Geoffrey Holme (The Studio Limited, London), 1924. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

The battle for Britain 1759

When does history end?

A bridge too far

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Making immigration work for Britain: what can we learn from history?