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My favourite place: Michael Scott

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Richard I, the Falkland Islands and John Scott Russell: 3 things that happened On This Day 8 June

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Chloroform, Jean Harlow and the Marquess of Dorset: 3 things that happened On This Day 7 June

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Top 5 history programmes you can watch and listen to right now

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Second World War

“If I don’t come home”: letters from a D-Day captain

Brazil's soccer star Pele is hoisted on the shoulders of his teammates and fans after Brazil won the ninth World Cup final against Italy. (AP Photo)

Brazil: where sport and politics have always mixed

Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein on trial in December 2008 in Baghdad, Iraq. (Photo by Nikola Solic-Pool/Getty Images)

The first butcher of Baghdad

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Voltaire, Vanessa Bell and Joan of Arc: 3 things that happened On This Day 30 May

Diana Lynn, Bonzo the chimpanzee, and Ronald Reagan in a publicity photo for the 1951 film 'Bedtime for Bonzo'. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

Ronald Reagan: 10 facts about the 40th president of the USA

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“I worry that the view people have of the past is becoming narrower”: an interview with Sir Richard J Evans

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French writer and futurist Jules Verne. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

My history hero: Jules Verne (1828–1905) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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An illustrated map of Seville.

Ye olde travel guide: Seville, 1670 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite place: Saul David

A caricature of George I

The delightfully dysfunctional Georgians

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A coal mine explosion, the birth of Nancy Witcher Langhorne, and the first Briton in space: 5 things that happened On This Day 19 May