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A portrait of Princess Elizabeth

The birth of Elizabeth I: everything you need to know

Soldiers disembark a landing craft with a battle on the beach beyond

How to win a 20th-century battle

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Workers lower the bodywork of a Standard Vanguard car onto its chassis in a factory

Britain’s motor city: how Coventry’s car industry roared to greatness – then went into reverse

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As Tokyo hosts the summer Paralympics, Ian Brittain chronicles the history of competitive sport for disabled people. (Image by Getty Images)

The rise of the Paralympics . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of the England team that faced Australia at the Oval in the 1896 Ashes series

Batting for the British Empire: how Victorian cricket was more than just a game

Joep de Beer of Holland throws a javelin at the Stoke Mandeville Games

Q&A When and where were the first Paralympics held?

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Chris Williams responds to your questions on law enforcement in Britain over the past 300 years. (Image by Getty Images)

British police history: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Hester Barron and Claire Langhamer reveal what we can learn from essays written by Bolton schoolgirls in 1937. (Image by Getty Images)

Working-class girlhood in 1930s Bolton . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Fatima Manji talks about objects and landmarks that are often obscured by the traditional stories told in many heritage sites. (Photographed by Sophie Davidson)

The history hidden in British heritage sites . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Thomas Crapper started a plumbing business in Chelsea in 1861 and pioneered some of the most revolutionary designs of sanitary engineering in the 19th century – but he didn't 'invent' the toilet

The legend of Thomas Crapper, the man who didn’t invent the toilet

Henrietta Maria, Queen of Charles I

Henrietta Maria: Charles I’s warrior queen

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Dr Rory Naismith answers listener questions on Britain in the early Middle Ages. (Image from Getty Images)

Early Medieval Britain: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portraits of Anne, Thomas and Mary Boleyn.

The Scandalous Boleyns Why Do They Continue To Fascinate Us?

Anne of Denmark, wife of James I of England

Anne of Denmark: a killer queen?

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Mary, Queen of Scots during her trial at Fotheringhay Castle – where she was also executed for her alleged role in the Babington Plot (Photo by Culture Club/Getty Images)

What if... The Babington Plot to assassinate Elizabeth I had succeeded? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.