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10 things you (probably) didn’t know about Churchill’s secret Second World War warriors

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Sam’s historical recipe corner: Beef olives . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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10 weird and wonderful historical newspaper stories

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William Blake: Apprentice and Master

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My history hero: Samuel Pepys (1633-1703) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Anglo-Saxon who (almost) united Britain

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Wolf Hall: author Hilary Mantel talks Tudors, historical accuracy and winning the Man Booker Prize . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The spy who loved Jamaica

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Wolf Hall: Author Hilary Mantel talks Tudors and Thomas Cromwell . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite place: Antigua

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Smuggling’s heyday in Bristol and beyond . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Thomas Cromwell: The rise and fall of Henry VIII’s henchman

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Old news: A tiger braves the mean streets of east London

01 Jul 2014, Ar Raqqah, Syria --- Militant Islamist fighters wave flags as they take part in a military parade along the streets of Syria's northern Raqqa province June 30, 2014. The fighters held the parade to celebrate their declaration of an Islamic

The historians’ take on… the future of Iraq