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Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher. Even after her death in 2013, her record continued to be fiercely contested. (Tom Stoddart/Getty Images)
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How should history remember Margaret Thatcher?

Actor Stephanie Levi-John as Lina in 'The Spanish Princess'
Tudor

Catalina: the real history of The Spanish Princess favourite

Princess Anne and Queen Elizabeth II
20th Century

In profile: Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II

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A photograph of the Tower of London, from the river
Victorian

Anne Boleyn, Beefeaters, Guy Fawkes and the princes: a brief history of the Tower of London

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Princes in the Tower Episode 8: A conclusion (of sorts) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Princes in the Tower Episode 7: Survival theories . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Princes in the Tower Episode 6: The other suspects . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Princes in the Tower Episode 5: Circumstantial evidence and strange behaviour . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Princes in the Tower Episode 4: Examining the evidence . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Princes in the Tower Episode 3: The prime suspect . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Princes in the Tower Episode 2: The timeline . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Princes in the Tower Episode 1: The case . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Covid-19 saw the UK’s universities, such as the University of Glasgow (above), cancel in-person teaching. The logistics of teaching and studying during the pandemic are proving complex. (Photo by Dreamstime)
21st Century

How Covid-19 is forcing universities to change

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A watermill, with fish nets and eel traps visible beneath the waters of the mill leat Luttrell Psalter. England, c 1325-1335. (Photo by Alamy)
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Medieval eels and Englishness . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Emma Corrin as Princess Diana in season 4 of 'The Crown'. (Photo by Netflix)
20th Century

The Crown S4 news: Netflix releases first images of Princess Diana and Margaret Thatcher