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QuizHow well do you know the history behind everyday inventions?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Britain’s squirrel wars: the 150-year battle between reds and greys. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Royal women podcast episodes

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War and military history podcast episodes

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Black history podcast episodes

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British kings and queens podcast episodes

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Slavery podcast episodes

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Who shot JFK? Was Elizabeth I a man? Did aliens land at Roswell?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What's it like to be Ravenmaster at the Tower of London?

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Life hacks from historyHow to raise a child. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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QuizBBC History Magazine trivia

Video podcastThe West's enduring fascination with Asia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Slavic myths: vampires, werewolves – and cabbages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The fascinating history of coffee. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastLove: a weird & wonderful history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Drag: a British history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastA history of song: from Schumann to Sting. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Love: a weird & wonderful history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Video podcastBritain's long love affair with sport. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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LGBTQ people who changed the world

Ploughman's for the people: a culinary history of Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Put these events in orderDiscoveries in the history of medicine

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Water gods and sea goddesses: 17 water deities from world history

Video podcastIreland's tangled relationship with empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What centuries of cost-of-living crises can reveal. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cultural historian Christopher Harding

Christopher Harding“Europeans have been obsessed with the east’s spiritual depths since Alexander the Great”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The West's enduring fascination with Asia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.