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Edward Brooke-Hitching discusses some of history’s strangest literary curiosities. (Image by Getty Images)

Bizarre books and macabre manuscripts . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Jacqueline Riding considers whether the Jacobite prince was a valiant freedom fighter, or a haughty coward. (Image by Getty Images)

Bonnie Prince Charlie: hero or coward? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What happened when Thomas Becket, was brutally murdered in his cathedral? (Image by Getty Images)

Thomas Becket: from murder to martyrdom . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Hannah Greig, historian and etiquette advisor to new Netflix show Bridgerton, joins us to talk about the historical detail that can be found in the drama. (Image courtesy Netflix)

Bridgerton: ripping up the rulebook on Regency romance . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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HistoryExtra Christmas quiz 2020

2020 Christmas history podcast quiz . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Biographer Ron Chernow discusses the extraordinary life of the American Founding Father who inspired a hit musical. (Image by Getty Images)

Editor’s pick: Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Telling spooky tales at Christmastime is a very old tradition. Francis Young explains the origins of this custom and what it tells us. (Image by Getty Images)

Christmas ghost stories . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Bart Van Es on the HistoryExtra podcast.

A WW2 story of survival . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Fern Riddell explores some of the darker aspects of the campaign for votes for women, in this episode from our archive. (Image by Getty Images)

Were the suffragettes terrorists? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kathryn Smithies discusses the economic and cultural significance of donkeys in the Middle Ages. (Image by Getty Images)

Ten things to do with a medieval donkey . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Trevor Barnes details the 1960s operation to uncover the infamous Portland Spy Ring – one of the most dangerous KGB espionage networks ever to operate in the UK. (Image by Getty Images)

Hunting down the Portland Spy Ring . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Berlin by night: Haus Vaterland on Potsdamer Platz during the 1930s. It contained the largest cafe in the world, a major cinema and numerous theme restaurants. (Photo by Getty Images)

The gay MPs who opposed appeasement . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Chris Harding gives a lecture on Japan’s attempts to carve out a place for itself in a world dominated by western power and culture

Japan and the west . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Camilla Townsend

Cundill Prize-winner Camilla Townsend on global history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Simon Hall explores why Fidel Castro’s visit to New York City in 1960 shaped the rest of the decade. (Image by Getty Images)

Castro and the trip that shaped the 1960s . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.