People watching the Royal Wedding

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Excavation search for soldiers killed on Flodden battlefield

A poster from the First World War.

First World War

First World War posters

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The Devonshires: The Story of a Family and a Nation

Books interview: the life and career of Benjamin Disraeli. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pilot recreates 1913 Circuit of Britain flight

Second World War

Churchill’s wartime speeches are overrated, claims academic

A fresh look at Edward III. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryThe downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots and a British civil rights struggle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Margam Park, Port Talbot

Great Train Robbery gang: first-class thieves or criminals who got lucky?

Jackfield Tile Museum, Telford

A colourful painting from the 15th century showing several merchants gathered together

The LibraryMoving to medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryJohnnie Walker: U-boat hunter in the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph of historian Sarah Foot at St Mary the Virgin Church

The LibraryHistory Explorer: the rise of English Christianity. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Second World War memorial monument depicting Soviet soldiers

Q&AWhy did Britain and France not declare war on the Soviet Union when the Red Army marched on Poland in September 1939?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The National Memorial Arboretum, Staffordshire

Smithills Hall, Bolton

Historical recipes

A Victorian front cover of Lindisfarne Gospels.

The Lindisfarne Gospels

The master of dressage. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

6 royal births that rocked a nation. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Erddig, Wrexham

My history hero: John Maynard Keynes (1883-1946). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Royal Artillery Memorial in London is a tribute to the immense power of artillery and its dominant role in the Great War. Pictured here is a bronze statue of a Royal Artillery driver, leaning back against the parapet in an attitude of exhaustion or contemplation. (Photo by View Pictures/UIG via Getty Images)

Where history happened: remembering the Great War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Mick Aston obituary

General prehistory

Isle of Tiree, Hebrides

Nazi spies and Viking ships. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Kidwelly Castle, Carmarthenshire

A woodcut depicting a witch hanging in England, c17th Century. (Bettmann via Getty Images)

Witches in the dock: 10 of Britain’s most infamous witch trials

Three coal miners. (Photo by W. Eugene Smith/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

History through the eyes of the working man. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.