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When was the first mosque in Britain built?

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Ten things to do in… January

Image of the Lindisfarne Stone from Holy Island, Northumbria. It shows seven warriors, possibly vikings. The Vikings’ first recorded raid on Lindisfarne took place in AD 793. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Why did the Vikings' violent raids begin?

Banqueting House, London, where Charles I was executed on 30 January 1649. (Photo by Angelo Hornak/Corbis via Getty Images)

9 places associated with Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot

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Ten things to do in … December

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A people’s charter for the outdoors

Commander Mansfield Smith-Cumming (later head of the British Secret Service), Professor Redwood and Bernard Redwood at the Motor Yacht Club Reliability Trials on Southampton Water, 1907. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

First World War spooks

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Ten things to do in . . . November

‘Battle of Quiberon Bay' (c1765), from 'Old Naval Prints' by Charles N Robinson and Geoffrey Holme (The Studio Limited, London), 1924. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

The battle for Britain 1759

Portrait of Captain William Bligh. (Photo by Bettmann/Getty Images)

My history hero: William Bligh (1754–1817). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Transport minister Ernest Marples on a road bridge near the London end of the newly opened M1 motorway, 2 November 1959. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

The first day on the M1

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The Briggers

A bridge too far

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The end of World War I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Making immigration work for Britain: what can we learn from history?

Andrew Marr pictured in London in July 2015. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images)

Andrew Marr on the making of modern Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sir Robert Peel Monument in Piccadilly Gardens, London. (Photo by P A Thompson via Getty Images)

Horrible history teaching with Terry Deary

Portrait of King Henry V of England (1387-1422), dated 15th century. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Henry V: the cruel king

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Ten things to do in . . . October

A portrait of the English explorer Samuel Hearne. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: Samuel Hearne (1745–92). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 reasons to visit Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Lancaster Bomber: the plane that broke the Reich

A reminder written on the pavement to tell residents to carry their gas masks with them

1939: Was Britain ready for war?

The truth behind ‘The Tudors’ TV show

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Cliffords tower, built by Henry III between 1250-1275, rear view, York, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, 13th century

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Inside Pompeii and a date with Elizabeth I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Energy policy: what can we learn from history?