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Illustration by Davide Bonazzi

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Sketch of Guy Fawkes with a lantern kneeling in front of barrels of gunpowder

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Portrait of Henry V

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Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh presented by Viking Cruises opens at the Saatchi Gallery on 2 November. Tickets on-sale now, please visit: www.tutankhamun-london.com

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Figure of Tutankhamun

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Michael Wood on a controversial term “As a racism row rumbles on, is it time to retire the term ‘Anglo-Saxon’?” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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One of many historic sites in Luxembourg. Larochette's castle dominates the town below.

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'Yorktown' sustains a hit during the battle of Midway. The US aircraft carrier sank three days later but, by then, the Japanese had accepted that their attempt to land a war-winning blow had failed. (Photo by © CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Portrait of King Henry V. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

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Black and white image of Russian soldiers using a canon

Trial by fire: how a fortress siege changed the course of World War One

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A Russian battery at the siege of the Austrian-Hungarian fortress of Przemysl, 1 Oct 1914. (Photo by Hulton Archive-Getty Images)

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Historian Nichola Tallis

“Margaret Beaufort wielded enormous power. She was a queen in all but name”: Nicola Tallis on the mother of the Tudors . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The footprint of Old Sarum cathedral

Explore Old Sarum: the regal and the rotten . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A c1860 depiction of Wentworth Works steel manufacturer in Sheffield

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Tutankhamun's blue and gold funerary mask

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