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Bronwen Everill discusses the Benin Bronzes

The battle over the Benin Bronzes . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Britain & France: enemies or economic partners?

Britain & France: enemies or economic partners? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Watergate in 100 days: how President Nixon fell

Watergate in 100 days: how President Nixon fell . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Fern Riddell

Contraception, consent & erotic connection: sex through history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jonathan Westaway explores why there was a boom in the popularity of endurance running following the First World War. (Image by Getty Images)

Running to escape the horrors of war . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Raphael Cormack discusses the golden age of Cairo’s nightlife scene in the 1920s, and some of the enterprising women who dominated it. (Image by Getty Images)

The glamour & danger of Cairo’s 1920s nightlife scene . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Julian Richards discusses the Viking Great Army, which wreaked havoc on the kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England from 865-878. (Image by Getty Images)

The Viking Great Army: the latest discoveries . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Siân Rees shares the story of an eccentric Victorian vicar who invented a new language to try and solve the problems of 19th-century England. (Image by Getty Images)

Glee-man, high-deedy & bendsome: a language to save England . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Professor Barry Doyle explains what kind of treatment you could expect If you were ill before the National Health Service was founded in 1948. (Image by Getty Images)

Healthcare before the NHS . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Elinor Cleghorn traces the long history of the misdiagnosis and mistreatment of women’s health issues, from the ancient world to the modern day. (Image by Getty Images)

From hysteria to wandering wombs: women and medicine through history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jacqueline Riding discusses the life and work of the famed artist and satirist William Hogarth, and explores how his many engravings and portraits charted the morals and vices of the 18th century. (Image by Getty Images)

Hogarth: the chronicler of the 18th century . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Stephen Tuffnell delves into the Klondike gold rush, a two-year whirlwind that brought at least 30,000 prospectors to the remote Yukon in search of glory and gold. (Image by Getty IMages)

Digging into the Klondike gold rush . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Giles Milton reveals how the German capital became the frontline in a bitter diplomatic conflict between the western Allies and the Soviet Union in the wake of the Second World War. (Image by Getty Images)

The Cold War battle for Berlin . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dr David Clarke explains how the idea of extra-terrestrials in mysterious flying saucers developed from its origins in the Cold War to become an enduring modern myth. (Image by Getty Images)

The history and mystery of UFOs . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Japanese Americans in World War Two | Daniel James Brown podcast

Forgotten heroes: Japanese Americans in World War Two . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.