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Anne Sebba explores the life of Ethel Rosenberg, who was executed for espionage in one of the most sensational and controversial episodes of the Cold War. (Image by Getty Images)

The trials of Ethel Rosenberg . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Larry Loftis details the life and work of Aline Griffith, a model-turned-spy who rose to the upper echelons of society in WW2 Spain. (Image by Getty Images)

Socialite, countess, WW2 spy: Aline Griffith . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kate Morgan chronicles the legal history of murder, discussing the cases that shaped UK murder laws. (Image by Getty Images)

Murder: a legal history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Adrian Wooldridge explores meritocracy’s role in forging the modern world, and weighs up its challenges and advantages. (Image by Getty Images)

The merits of meritocracy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From Roman emperors and medieval saints to enslaved people, Olivette Otele charts the long history of Africans in Europe

African Europeans . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kate Vigurs discusses the female agents of Britain’s Special Operations Executive, who carried out resistance work in France during the Second World War

Women secret agents in Nazi-occupied France . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Biographer Frances Wilson discusses a pivotal decade in the turbulent life of writer DH Lawrence. (Image by Getty Images)

Censorship, contradiction & controversy: a decade in the life of DH Lawrence . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Alice Roberts reveals what archaeological discoveries and cutting-edge science can reveal about Britain’s prehistoric past.

Unearthing Britain’s prehistoric secrets . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From the eruption of Vesuvius to Chernobyl and Covid-19, Niall Ferguson charts how disasters have changed the course of history

What can we learn from past catastrophes? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Judith Mackrell explores the experiences of six women war correspondents who broke some of the key stories of the Second World War. (Image by Getty Images)

Women reporters of WW2 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From gallant knights to dragon-slaying damsels, Lydia Zeldenrust reveals why medieval readers couldn’t get enough of romance tales. (Image by Getty Images)

Knights, dragons and beasts: the strange world of medieval romances . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Wolfson 2021 WL

Wolfson History Prize 2021 special . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Basilica of San Vitale, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (Photo by Alamy)

Ravenna: from Roman powerhouse to artistic hub . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Leah Garrett tells the story of X-troop, a group of Jewish commandos who became one of Britain’s most potent weapons against the Nazis. (Image by Getty Images)

Britain’s secret Jewish commandos . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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John Higgs discusses the extraordinary life and art of William Blake – an eccentric outsider once dismissed as a madman, but now hailed as a genius. (Image by Getty Images)

William Blake: “artist or genius, or mystic, or madman” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.