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A boy sitting on a rock ledge above a refugee camp, October 1947. (Photo by Margaret Bourke-White/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)

The bloody road to partition: 8 landmark moments in the turbulent story

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Friends or enemies? Anglo-French relations . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A decade of domesticity: how the 1950s made the modern home

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The wartime wireless and the lost voice of Cyril Lakin

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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

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

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

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Vaux-le-Vicomte: the inspiration for Louis XIV’s Versailles

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My favourite place: Florence

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

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

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

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

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

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