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The princes in the Tower

Did Richard III murder the princes in the Tower? You debate

'The butterfly hunt' (1874) by Berthe Morisot

The Library First ladies of art: three trailblazing female artists from history

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Famous people in profile: Charlie Chaplin

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Portrait of Ian Morris

Books interview with Ian Morris: “War can be a productive force in that it produces larger, more peaceful societies” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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An illustrated map of Savannah, Georgia

Ye olde travel guide: Savannah, 1859 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Portrait of Miranda Kaufmann. (Image by Jeni Nott)

History explorer: Africans in Tudor and Stuart Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of King Henry VI by an unknown artist. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

The miracle of Henry VI: how the weak medieval king became a ‘saint’

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American actor and singer Howard Keel records 'Kiss Me Kate' with his co-star Patricia Morrison, 1964. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

The growing pains of BBC Two . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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D-Day landings and the original singing dog: top 10 British Pathé videos

The inmates' dining hall at the Poplar Poor Law Union workhouse in London, 1903. Though it was widely reviled, the Poor Law would survive another 45 years. (Mary Evans)

Living in the shadow of the workhouse

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A scene from the 1963 film 'Naked Among Wolves', depicting a Nazi concentration camp

The long shadow of Adolf Hitler

The Cobbe portrait, which dates from c1610. This image's

Shakespeare: 7 burning questions about his life

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