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A decade of domesticity: how the 1950s made the modern home. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Second World War

The wartime wireless and the lost voice of Cyril Lakin

Migrating to Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Northern lights (aurora borealis) dances over an abandoned cabin in Tromsø, Northern Norway. (Photo by Hanneke Luijting via Getty Images)

My favourite place: Arctic Norway

The legacy of partition: an interview with Babita Sharma. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Jarrow March. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vaux-le-Vicomte: the inspiration for Louis XIV’s Versailles. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Florence

Sveti Georgi (St George) a Roman-era church is Sofia's oldest preserved building

ExploreSofia, Bulgaria: an emperor’s home from Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The White House, Washington, D.C. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

QuizHow much do you know about US presidents?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Professor Ronald Hutton © Jeni Nott

Witchcraft through the ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Woodcut of a meal shared at a witches' Sabbath. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

Ronald Hutton on the Witch. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

High Victorian style garden designed by James Bateman. (Getty Images)

History explorerVictorian gardens. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Edward the Black Prince receiving from his father, King Edward III, the conquered provinces of France gained during the Hundred Years' War. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Black Prince: a true prince of darkness?

A proponent of same-sex marriage protests outside the Houses of Parliament, 3 June 2013. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

The Sexual Offences Act: a gay revolution?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration of a public execution at Newgate, London, late 18th century. (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

The LibraryA deadly obsession in Victorian London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Horatio Nelson (1758-1805), 1797. Artist: Abbott, Lemuel Francis (1760-1802)

My history hero: Horatio Nelson (1758–1805). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A Calcutta pavement, c1961

After Partition: colony politics and the rise of communism in Bengal. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Icelandic murder mystery. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hannibal’s war elephants are defeated at the Battle of Zama in 202 BC. (AKG)

How Hannibal beat the Alps but couldn't beat Rome. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British prime minister Winston Churchill greeting the crowd from the balcony of Buckingham Palace. From left to right: Princess Elizabeth II; the Queen Mother; Churchill, King George VI and Princess Margaret. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Buckingham Palace’s balcony: a focal point for national celebration. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

China in World War Two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Winston Graham's Poldark novels remind us of aspects of the past that might otherwise remain in the shadows, says Hannah Greig. (Image credit: Mammoth screen/BBC)

The real history behind 'Poldark' series three: episode nine

The Koh-i-Noor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Medieval zombies: how the walking dead haunted the Middle Ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Living through Partition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George Warleggan. (Image credit: BBC/Mammoth Screen/Robert Viglasky)

The real history behind 'Poldark' series three: episode eight

Dunkirk: 6 big questions on a remarkable rescue mission. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

View of Halong Bay taken from the top of an island. (Getty Images)

My favourite place: Vietnam

The lost objects of South Asia. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.