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Ian Keable describes some of the most audacious, bizarre and inventive pranks that fooled Georgian Britain. (Image by Getty Images)

Extraordinary hoaxes of the 18th century . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Empress Maria Theresa, a portrait

Maria Theresa: empress, warrior, matriarch . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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An archetypal country house in its grounds, in the mist

From Roman villas to Downton Abbey: Britain’s country houses . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Charlie English discusses what an extraordinary art collection reveals about Nazism’s impact on modernist art and people with mental illnesses. (Image by Getty Images)

Hitler’s war on “degenerate art” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A set of Tudor faces laid out on playing cards

Why the Tudors fell for courtly love . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Tristram Hunt discusses Josiah Wedgwood; groundbreaking potter, enterprising businessman and political radical. (Image by Getty Images)

Wedgwood: the radical potter . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Richard Broome explores the experiences of Aboriginal Australians after the arrival of white settlers in the 1780s. (Image by Getty Images)

Aboriginal Australians: a modern history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A panel of experts discuss the big issues facing history education in 2021

Decolonisation to Covid-19: history education today . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Margalit Fox shares the story of two British prisoners of war who used a ouija board to launch an escape bid during the First World War

Seances, skis and secrets: an extraordinary WWI escape . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Saul David discusses his new history of the Special Boat Service – a daring maritime unit that played a crucial role in Allied victory in WW2.

The Special Boat Service: WW2’s silent heroes . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dan Jones explores the similarities and differences between the medieval experience and our lives today. (Image by Getty Images)

The surprisingly modern Middle Ages . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From the rise of Christianity to the Russian Revolution, David Potter analyses the causes of huge events that transformed human history. (Image by Getty Images)

Why do things change? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Public historians Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb explore how we should make sense of studying the past in 2021

History in 2021, with Helen Carr and Suzannah Lipscomb . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Moves still from Rob Roy

How Walter Scott’s stories shaped Scotland . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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As Tokyo hosts the summer Paralympics, Ian Brittain chronicles the history of competitive sport for disabled people. (Image by Getty Images)

The rise of the Paralympics . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.