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When does history end?

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Andrew Marr pictured in London in July 2015. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images)

Andrew Marr on the making of modern Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Sir Robert Peel Monument in Piccadilly Gardens, London. (Photo by P A Thompson via Getty Images)

Horrible history teaching with Terry Deary

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9 reasons to visit Portsmouth Historic Dockyard . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&A What is the origin of the phrase ‘going postal’, meaning ‘going berserk’?

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Stop and search: what can we learn from history?

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Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announces the outbreak of the Second World War in a BBC broadcast, 1939. (Fox Photos/Getty Images)

History hero: Joseph Chamberlain (1836–1914) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The school leaving age: what can we learn from history?

English historian Edward Gibbon (1737-94), author of 'The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

The decline and fall of the British Empire

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The members of Captain Scott's ill-fated expedition to the South Pole. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Scott of the Antarctic: a true British hero?

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The 10 worst Britons in history

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The secret search for aliens

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Academy Wearing your allegiance