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The Great Fire - Presenters Rob Bell, Dr Suzannah Lipscomb and Dan Jones.
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Video: Historian Dan Jones on the Great Fire of London 1666

Exterior of the new foyer of Colston Hall, a concert hall first opened in 1867.
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Should historical place names be changed to fit modern values? Historians debate

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Myth-making and belonging: the coins of the Roman provinces

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Civil wars and Restoration England . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Albert Einstein, standing in front of the Einstein Tower in 1926. (Photo by ullstein bild via Getty Images)
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Q&A Why the Einstein Tower was renamed – twice

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Ælfthryth: England’s first queen

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History Extra website: tell us what you think

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Portrait of Richard Wagner, 1883. (Photo By DEA/A Dagli Orti/De Agostini/Getty Images)
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My History Hero: Richard Wagner (1813–83) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Elizabeth Fry visiting Newgate Prison, 1926. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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Elizabeth Fry: the great reformer

The Knights of the Round (Miniature from La Quête du Saint Graal et la Mort d'Arthus), c1220. Found in the collection of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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King Arthur: the big questions

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Portico entrance of Oxford's famous Ashmolean Museum. (Dreamstime)
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History explorer The history of British museums . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Giralda tower and cathedral seen across the Plaza de la Alianza, Seville, Spain. (Getty Images)
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My favourite place: Seville, Spain

Travelling Mass set, c1535, consisting of a silver-gilt chalice; a paten (Communion plate) and a glass bottle for wine, with a leather box in which to carry them. (Photo by Museum of London/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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Henry VIII’s savage Reformation

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England’s bloody Reformation . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.