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Aquatic Centre Ferry Dock, Vancouver, Canada. (Photo by Getty Images)

My favourite place: Vancouver, Canada

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The Beatles perform onstage at the Cavern Club, Liverpool in February 1961. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)

History explorer: the swinging sixties . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A coffin containing the skeleton of King Richard III sitting in repose inside Leicester Cathedral. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Are we blinded by our love of history?

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Mario Lanza c1950. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)

My history hero: Mario Lanza (1921-59) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Black American civil rights leader Martin Luther King (1929 - 1968) addresses crowds during the March On Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, where he gave his 'I Have A Dream' speech. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Is Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ the greatest speech in history?

Photo of a Canadian postage stamp

Q&A When was the first Christmas stamp issued?

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John F Kennedy pictured in 1957

My history hero: John F Kennedy (1917–63) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The famous Big Pit Mining Museum in South Wales

History explorer: Britain’s coal industry . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A canal in Venice, Italy

My favourite place: Venice, Italy

A view over Munich, Germany

My Favourite Place: Munich, Germany

Bali, Indonesia

My favourite place: Bali, Indonesia

Patricia Simmons recording the speaking clock.

Q&A Who voiced the original speaking clock?

The 16th-century tower of Belém

My favourite place: Lisbon, Portugal

An attendant and his guard dog at the world's first pet cemetery, Paris,

A dog’s-eye view of Paris

A 'full English' breakfast

Q&A Why is a fry-up breakfast called a ‘full English’?