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Big cats

The 19th-century political and social theorist Karl Marx; co-author (with Friedrich Engels) of The Communist Manifesto (1848). (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

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Second World War

Pearl Harbor: 3 historical films about the Japanese attack on the US fleet

Afternoon sunlight casting shadows on the hills, Lancashire, England UK (Getty Images)

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Royal Tars of Old England

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The Crusades: The War for the Holy Land

The Beatles - John Lennon. (ITV pictures)

John Lennon: Three films

A bus makes its way down Fleet Street towards Ludgate Hill Circus and St Paul's Cathedral, London, c1888. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A history of the high street

A secret war against the Tudors

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Race for the South Pole: the Expedition Diaries of Scott and Amundsen

What did the Baby Boomers Ever do for Us?

Second World War

The Cocos Islands Mutiny

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Testimonies to 1641 Catholic uprising now online

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Galileo

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Bloodied Banners: Martial Display on the Medieval Battlefield

What was the significance of the battle of Wigan Lane?

England in miniature

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Zulu Rising

The American Civil War in 3 films

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Simon Schama to advise government on history curriculum

Visit historic Lichfield

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October's historic trips... Ten things to do

Second World War

Berlin at War: Life and Death in Hitler’s Capital 1939–45

Q&A: Why didn't Napoleon invade the Channel Islands?

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The Liberty Bell

English Houses 1300–1800

Illustration by Glen McBeth

When did the pope rule England?

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Angel of Death: The Story of Smallpox

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Who needs washerwomen when you’ve got Spitfires and Drake?