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Alan Turing

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Your guide to Alan Turing: the man, the enigma

Bretons, Britons, Celts & King Arthur. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Melisende of Jerusalem

Melisende of Jerusalem: the queen of a crusader kingdom

Cat got your tongue? It certainly seems to be the case with this surprised tabby

Why do we say 'cat got your tongue'?

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 6: Winston Churchill. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What the Stasi did next. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 19th-century engraving depicts a member of the crew of the 'Mignonette'

Cannibalism at sea: the starving Victorian sailors who ate a cabin boy

The Anarchy: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Henry I proclaims Matilda as his heir

Your guide to the Anarchy, the bloody battle between Stephen and Matilda

Busting myths about the Anglo-Saxons | HistoryExtra Podcast

Busting myths about the Anglo-Saxons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The German battleship Bismarck of the German Kriegsmarine during early World War II

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Bismarck: why was the WW2 German battleship so feared? Plus 9 things you didn’t know about its only mission

A young girl reading a book. We recently asked our Twitter followers which historical fiction book inspired them as a child. (Photo by Terry Vine via Getty Images)

Historical fiction recommendations for children: the best history books for kids

Napoleon the art thief. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

US NATO Army on training in Germany

Able Archer 83: the Nato war-game that nearly spelled nuclear disaster. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Elizabeth I

QuizHow much do you know about Tudor Queen Elizabeth I?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Marcus Aurelius: thinker or fighter?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anne Boleyn, who was executed by beheading on 19 May 1536 after being found guilty of high treason, was said to have had "much joy and pleasure in death". (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

The final days of Anne Boleyn: why did she die?

Entrance to Lincoln Castle. (Dreamstime)

Lincoln: the battle that gave birth to medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who was Britain’s Greatest Prime Minister? Episode 5: Pitt the Younger. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Apartheid road sign

Your guide to apartheid in South Africa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The rise and fall of Britain’s motor city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Italian prisoners of war being escorted under armed guard to work on a farm, September 1941. (Photo by Keystone/Getty Images)

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Prisoners of war in Britain during WW2: where were they held?

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

The quest to find Alexander’s lost city. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Katharine Parr: secrets of a Tudor survivor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Anne Hathaway, Hamnet and Judith: who were William Shakespeare's family?

Portrait of Sarah Gristwood for BBC History Magazine

History explorer: Tewkesbury Abbey and four more places linked to the Wars of the Roses. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Blackface: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who was Britain’s greatest prime minister? Episode 4: Harold Wilson. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Once allies, Adolf Hitler and Ernst Röhm (sitting to his left) had a colossal falling out over ideology

The Night of the Long Knives: the bloody purge that secured Hitler's power