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Historian at the Movies: 12 Years a Slave reviewed . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Is Blackadder bad for First World War history?

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Author Linda Colley.

Acts of union and disunion . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Great Ulster Rally in Hyde Park, April 1914.

1914: Why the war caught Britain cold

The front cover of a 1924 edition of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf'

Beyond the Hitler diaries

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My favourite historical places: Dr Marc Morris

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Idris Elba (Nelson Mandela) in Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Historian at the Movies: Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom reviewed . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history hero: Khudadad Khan (1888-1971) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Becca Thorne.

Deadly beasts of Tudor England

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Prague 1600 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Can Britain make nuclear power work this time around? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ed Morrison with Nelson Mandela. (Image: Ed Morrison)

When I met Mandela: 1995 Rugby World Cup final

This detail from the Gundestrup Cauldron – a richly decorated silver vessel thought to date from the second-century BC – depicts a Celtic god or druid surrounded by beasts. (Werner Forman/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

The genius of the Celts

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My favourite historical places: Dr Elaine Farrell

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Renewed debate over battle of Hastings location