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Bikes on a canal in Amsterdam and the Basilica of Saint Nicholas church in the background. (Photo by maydays via Getty Images)

My favourite place: Amsterdam, Netherlands

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John Julius Norwich pictured at the Oxford Literary Festival in 2014. (Photo by David Levenson/Getty Images)

Books interview with John Julius Norwich: “Most British people know practically nothing about French history” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Sultanahmet district in Istanbul, Turkey, which is classified as World Heritage by UNESCO. (Photo by DOZIER Marc via Getty Images)

A new civilisation rises

Operators dealing with emergency calls at New Scotland Yard, London, c1956. (Photo by Reg Speller/Getty Images)

5 crimes that changed law enforcement in Britain

Paris. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Paris, France

Alexander Fleming, the Scottish bacteriologist who inadvertently discovered the world's first antibiotic after leaving a petri dish unwashed while he went on holiday. (Bettman via Getty Images)

6 trivial decisions that changed British history

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Ron Chernow on Alexander Hamilton: the man behind the hit musical . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edwin 'Buzz' Aldrin stands beside an American flag, soon after landing on the Moon as part of the Apollo 11 mission. (Photo by NASA/Liaison)

Opinion Was the Moon landing really a great leap for mankind?

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A portrait of Charles Dickens. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

My history hero: Charles Dickens . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A British soldier uses a searchlight to spot German aircraft during the Second World War. Britain has lived with the fear of invasion for several centuries, a fact reflected in its architecture, its art and its people’s mental health. (Photo by David Savill/Getty Images)

The Library The island fortress fallacy

Edward, Prince of Wales, in the rear seat of a Bristol F.2B Fighter with Captain WG Barker of No. 139 Squadron during his flight in 1918, while on a visit to the Italian Front. (Crown Copyright/Air Historical Branch image H1608)

Royal flying

Children at the Berlin Wall on Sebastianstrasse, Berlin - Kreuzberg - in around 1964. (Photo by Lehnartz/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

The secret history of the Berlin Wall

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The death of Stalin . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Church of Santo Domingo de Guzman in Oaxaca Mexico

Explore Oaxaca: Central Mexico’s “fair and beautiful city” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Bob Marley performs live on stage with the Wailers in Holland

My history hero: Bob Marley (1945–81) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.