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In profile: the 2017 Wolfson History Prize shortlist

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Q&A: Who invented the ‘QWERTY’ typewriter layout?

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Who decided Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, should be executed?

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America in World War One and a naval tragedy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Two members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps find another use for discarded helmets in France during the First World War. (Alamy)

Female Tommies: women in the First World War

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Spying on the king: when MI5 targeted Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson

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In pictures: Zeppelin raids on First World War Britain

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What’s it like to be a female historian in the 21st century? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Shortlist announced for 2017 Wolfson History Prize

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Women in popular history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ruth Williams Khama: first lady of Botswana

An illustration of the novel ‘The War of the Worlds’ by HG Wells, made by Henri Lanos, 1905. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

In thrall to the red planet: 5 facts about our view of Mars through history

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Roots: a necessary portrayal of transatlantic slavery?

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Blitzkrieg . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.