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Grace Humiston was nicknamed 'Mrs Sherlock Holmes' by the American press. (Image courtesy of Brad Ricca)

America’s ‘Mrs Holmes’: how one woman took on the cases the NYPD couldn’t solve

A colour illustration of First World War allies, the German Reich and Austria-Hungary, featuring soldiers shaking hands, their troops and national flags, c1915. (Photo by Popperfoto/Getty Images)

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Q&A Who was involved in the First World War? Who was on each side?

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George V meeting a hospital matron on the western front during the First World War. (Photo by Getty Images)

King George V at war . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Katheryn WInnick as Lagertha in season 2 of 'Vikings'. A strong belief in Viking women warriors is now rife in many quarters of cyberspace, says Judith Jesch. (Image by Alamy)

Viking ‘warrior women’: Judith Jesch, expert in Viking studies, examines the latest evidence . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Queen Victoria pictured c1862 during her period of mourning

Prince Albert: the death that rocked the monarchy

Not doughnuts, not profiteroles but semlor - creamy treats to beat pancakes. (Credit: Sam Nott)

Historical recipe Semla Buns

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Thessaloniki's Rotunda of Galerius, Greece, built in the fourth-century by Roman occupiers

Explore Thessaloniki, Greece: Greece's cultural melting pot . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Captain James Lawrence of the Chesapeake is wounded

The capture of the Chesapeake: how the British Royal Navy rescued its reputation in the War of 1812

Oil on canvas of the Princes in the Tower

An enigma at the heart of British history: who killed the Princes in the Tower, Edward V and Richard Duke of York?

Marble bust of Agrippina the Younger

Agrippina the Younger: the first true empress of Ancient Rome

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Alan Johnson talks to the History Extra podcast about schools through history. (Photo by Roberto Ricciuti)

Schools through time . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An example of the Zimmermann Telegram

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The Zimmermann telegram: the telegram that brought America into the First World War

Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, sits with his wife, Wallis Simpson, at the Chateau de Cands in France, 1937. (Photo by Bettmann via Getty Images)

Edward VIII: Nazi sympathiser, playboy prince or peace-loving reformer?

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'Soccer' and 'diaper' are among many 'American' words that are more faithful to the old English tongue than those used in Britain today, says James Evans. Other 'Americanisms' were used in Shakespeare's plays before the first English colony was established in Virginia. (L to R: Photos by Hulton Archive/Getty Images; DeAgostini/Getty Images; Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

From candy to diapers: the purity of American English . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Olivia Colman as Queen Anne in 'The Favourite'. (Photo by Twentieth Century Fox/Entertainment Pictures)

The Favourite: the real history behind the new Queen Anne film