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Sean McMeekin discusses his revisionist new history of the Second World War, which places Josef Stalin at the centre of the conflict. (Image by Getty Images)

Stalin: the real victor of WW2 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In 1961 cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man to journey into space. Stephen Walker delves into the supercharged battle between the Soviets and Americans to reach this milestone. (Image by Getty Images)

Sending the first man into space . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Portrait of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689-1762) by Joseph Highmore (Photo by Alamy)

The feminist who waged war on smallpox . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Cleopatra bust. (Photo by Getty Images)

Cleopatra: unpicking myth from reality . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In 1910 Lydia Harvey seemed to disappear. Julia Laite delves into her story – one of exploitation, sex and the vagaries of justice – and the trial that brought it to light.

Traffickers on trial: the sensational case of Lydia Harvey . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dr Melanie Giles unravels some of the mysteries around amazingly preserved human remains found in bogs – and reveals what we can learn from them. (Image by Getty Images)

Bog bodies: what can they teach us? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jennifer Higgie charts the story of women’s self-portraits over the last 500 years of western art – uncovering tales of transgressive self-expression and overcoming oppression. (Image by Getty Images)

500 years of women’s self-portraits . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ammonite and the real fossil hunter Mary Anning . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Turtle Bunbury shares notable stories of Irish emigrants and charts their influence on global history. (Image by Getty Images)

Tales of Irish emigration . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Emma Stonex talks about the strange story of the Flannan Isles Lighthouse keepers, who vanished in December 1900. (Image by Getty Images)

The mystery of the vanishing lighthouse keepers . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Shrabani Basu talks about a miscarriage of justice that exposed the racial tensions of Edwardian England and captured the imagination of the creator of Sherlock Holmes. (Image by Getty Images)

Hate mail & mutilated horses: Conan Doyle investigates . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In 1845, the Franklin Expedition sailed into the Canadian arctic and never returned. Andrew Lambert explores the real history that inspired the BBC drama The Terror. (Image by Getty Images)

What happened to the Franklin Expedition? The real mystery behind The Terror . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jerry Brotton describes the astonishing life and career of the Renaissance artist Benvenuto Cellini – a story of murder, plague, imprisonment and even necromancy. (Image by Getty Images)

Cellini: the “supreme scoundrel of the Renaissance” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Simon Winchester explores how humans’ quest to own land – from enclosure and division to violent seizure – has wreaked irreparable changes through history. (Image by Getty Images)

How our hunger for land shaped history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Dean Irwin explains the story of the 1190 anti-Semitic massacre at Clifford’s Tower in York, and how it fits into the wider story of England’s medieval Jewish population. (Image by Getty Images)

The Clifford’s Tower massacre & medieval anti-Semitism . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.