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To the Ends of the Earth: Scotland’s Global Diaspora, 1750–2010

Clare Priory, Suffolk

My history hero: Elizabeth Blackwell (1821-1910). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A portrait of Henry VII in 1505. His claim to the throne was tenuous and he had to see off a posse of pretenders, yet he proved a canny and competent ruler, modernising the justice system and filling the crown’s coffers. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Henry VII: the survivor and stabiliser

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Is public spending elbowing out private endeavour?

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Pieces from the Lewis Chessmen, some of the earliest chessmen to survive.

In pictures: what are the Lewis Chessmen?

Greek slavery, Victorian heroism and Dan Snow on cars. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Victorian telegraph and Dan Snow on his new series. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Poxed and Scurvied

A poster depicting a First World War soldier musing over having caught a venereal disease while on furlough.(Photo by David Pollack/Corbis via Getty Images)

Sex and the First World War: the Tommies who visited brothels

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Imperial Endgame

Hylands House, Essex

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A British institution

Conwy Castle, Conwy

The LibrarySummer holidays and Edward VI. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The origins of the Tudors. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Britain under Roman rule and the truth about the crusades. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Field Marshal Harold Alexander, pictured in 1943. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

My history heroField Marshal Harold Alexander (1891–1969). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Clean-up crews salvaging what they can from the ruins of buildings in Hornsey, a north London suburb, 1944. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Hitler's secret weapon

Britain’s waterways have enjoyed a renaissance since the Second World War. (Photo by George W Johnson/Getty Images)

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A Saracen attack on Crusaders, from the French manuscript 'Chroniques de Saint Denis', c1200. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Traders and crusaders

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The British Confederate

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Politicians should resist the urge to invoke the wartime spirit

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The Trials of Margaret Clitherow

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The making of Wales

In 1830 a keeper at the Tower of London menagerie accidentally removed the barrier between a lion and two tigers. The animals were eventually prised apart, by which point the lion had been fatally wounded. (Photo by Guildhall Library & Art Gallery/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Life with the lions: the Tower of London menagerie

Captain Kidd

The sacrifice of Captain Kidd