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Men kiss in a medieval illumination.

Are some LGBTQ histories being overlooked? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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East India Company officer James Tod travels through India in a 19th-century illustration

Opinion “History is currently being used for political purposes that have very little to do with the past” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prince Charles, aged 4, driving a toy car in the grounds of Balmoral Castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

King Charles III A life in pictures

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Michael Wood on the coronation of Charles III "The symbolism of the royal promise still means something today" . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Elizabeth II surveys troops in Brisbane, Australia during her 1977 silver jubilee tour. There has been increasing debate about the degree to which documents relating to the royal family should be open to the public (Photo by Tim Graham Photo Library via Getty Images)

The royal family and their right to privacy: who should have access to the records? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A protester wearing a star badge at an anti-vaccination rally in Cardiff, 2021. The badge’s design deliberately evokes the star Jewish people were forced to wear in Nazi-occupied territories during the Second World War.

“Many, if not most, Nazi analogies are historically inaccurate”: Richard J Evans on the trouble with comparisons . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Fires burn in Baghdad following an attack on the Iraqi capital, March 2003. The motives for the war continue to spark controversy (Photo by Mirrorpix/Getty Images)

“The early 2000s was a strange era of fear and terror”: remembering the Iraq War 20 years on . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Hilary French WL

How ballroom dancing gripped Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A montage of images, including: Ukrainians in Rome protest against the Russian invasion; 2: Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai- shek (right) in 1949, when he retreated to Taiwan; 3: The future Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III, 1950; 4: Former chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and prime minister Liz Truss, October 2022

2022: The historians’ view . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&A Why did NORAD begin tracking Santa Claus in the Cold War?

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Catherine Nixey, Rana Mitter and Michael Wood, photographed by Fran Monks for BBC History Magazine

“A vintage year for history books”: historians choose their best books of 2022 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tiya Miles

“Superbly written” story of women’s experiences of slavery wins the 2022 Cundill History Prize

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Pod Matthew Taylor WL

World Cup history: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Argentinian midfielder Mario Kempes celebrates a goal in the 1978 football World Cup final between hosts Argentina and Netherlands

Sportswashing: a historical perspective on a current trend

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David Dimbleby commands the studio during the May 1997 general election

BBC at 100 Into the digital age . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.