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William Cecil, also known as Lord Burghley, with Queen Elizabeth I. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Your guide to William Cecil, chief adviser to Queen Elizabeth I

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Isabel Wilkerson. (Photo by Alamy)

Isabel Wilkerson on caste in America . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

London during the Blitz - the systematic night-time bombing of the British by the Luftwaffe in 1940 - 1941. (Photo by Getty Images)

Rationing, school closures and ‘Blitz spirit’: how did people cope in WW2?

Elizabeth I, shown in a portrait commemorating victory over the Armada

Elizabeth I: a guide to her life and rule, plus 7 facts you might not know

AFS firemen tackle a blitz fire amidst the rubble surrounding St Paul's Cathedral, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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Your guide to the Blitz, plus 9 places affected by the bombings

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King Arthur and a hand holding the sword Excalibur.

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

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Anita Anand (Image by Sukhi Dhanda).

Exclusive podcast Anita Anand on an orphan radicalised by the Amritsar massacre . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

It was the need for witnesses in divorce courts – ones who wouldn’t mind their names being linked to scandals, no less – that partly gave rise to female detectives. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

Women detectives: meet the Victorian female super sleuths

Prince Edward, the future Edward VI, as a baby. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

Tudors history quiz Test your knowledge of the dynamic dynasty

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Police and railwaymen assist some of the 800 evacuee children as they leave Ealing Broadway station, London, for the country on 1st September 1939 (Photo by Getty Images)

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

Cast of the Crown vs their real life counterparts. Top (right to left): actors Gillian Anderson, Olivia Colman, Emma Corrin. Bottom: Margaret Thatcher, Elizabeth II, Princess Diana. (Photos by Netflix/Getty Images)

The Crown S4 cast: which real historical figures feature in season four of Netflix’s royal drama – and what did they really look like?

Evening Light on Hadrian's Wall

The Romans in Britain: exploitation or innovation?

c1954: A photo-fiction serial telling the story of a young couple on honeymoon in the South of France. The parts are played by actors Mark Hashfield and Simone Lovell. (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A brief history of honeymoons (and how the post-wedding holiday got its name)

Rjukan Hydro Plant

Spying in WW2: how wartime espionage was just as dramatic as fiction

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Ernest Bevin

Ernest Bevin: working-class warrior . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.