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Tom Morcom and Helen Gittos discuss the Cerne Abbas Giant, a huge hill-carving in Dorset which has recently been re-dated to the Anglo-Saxon period (Image by HistoryExtra)

The curious tale of an Anglo-Saxon giant . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Steven Johnson explores innovations in science and public health that have led to huge increases in life expectancy.

Why are we living longer than our ancestors? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sometimes described as England’s Leonardo, Hans Holbein the Younger painted the great and the good of Tudor society. Franny Moyle chronicles his incredible art and tempestuous life. (Image by Getty Images)

Painting the Tudors: Hans Holbein the Younger . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Barry Cunliffe considers the story of Brittany from prehistory to today, and explores the region’s connections with Britain. (Image by Getty Images)

Bretons, Britons, Celts & King Arthur . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ralph Hope reveals how officers of the notorious East German security service sought to reinvent themselves after the fall of the Berlin Wall

What the Stasi did next . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Busting myths about the Anglo-Saxons | HistoryExtra Podcast

Busting myths about the Anglo-Saxons . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Cynthia Saltzman reveals how the French leader plundered Europe’s greatest works of art. (Image by Getty Images)

Napoleon the art thief . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Shushma Malik explores the life and career of Rome’s renowned philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius. (Image by Getty Images)

Marcus Aurelius: thinker or fighter? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Mark Evans charts the history of Coventry’s pioneering car industry, from the turn of the 20th century until the present day. (Image by Getty Images)

The rise and fall of Britain’s motor city . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Edmund Richardson tells the astonishing story of a 19th-century quest to find a lost city of Alexander the Great. (Image by Getty Images)

The quest to find Alexander’s lost city . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Alison Weir discusses the varied and dramatic life of Henry VIII’s final wife, Katharine Parr. (Image by Getty Images)

Katharine Parr: secrets of a Tudor survivor . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ayanna Thompson discusses the history of blackface – a story spanning William Shakespeare, US race relations and Dartmoor Prison. (Image by Getty Images)

Blackface: a brief history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Leo Hollis untangles the bizarre 18th-century court case surrounding Mary Davies: a wealthy heiress married in mysterious circumstances. (Image by Getty Images)

Madness, property and power: the strange case of Mary Davies . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jane Rogoyska explains how more than 20,000 Polish prisoners-of-war were murdered on Stalin’s orders in 1940, and explores the decades-long coverup that followed. (Image by Getty Images)

Uncovering the truth about WW2’s Katyn massacre . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dr Katrina Moseley explores the surprising story of slimming clubs, touching on female friendship, entrepreneurialism and feminist fury. (Image by Getty Images)

The changing shape of slimming clubs . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.