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History of Harrods: a brief guide to the Knightsbridge landmark

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Behind the scenes: series one of The Last Kingdom

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Percy Fawcett and the lost city of Z: The history behind the film

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The weird and wonderful world of Victorian entertainment

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Getting the history right on ‘1066: A Year to Conquer England’

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Martin Luther (centre) preaching. With one hand he points to popes, monks and cardinals going down the mouth of hell; with the other he points to the crucifix. (Getty Images)

Books interview with Eamon Duffy: “You could call the Reformation the original Brexit” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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British comedian and actor Arthur Askey at the London Palladium, February 1968. (Photo by David Cairns/Daily Express/Getty Images)

History Hero: Arthur Askey (1900–82) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Full-length portrait of (left) American showman Phineas Taylor Barnum (1810–91) and entertainer Commodore Nutt (1814–81), c1862. (Photo by HultonGetty/GettyImages)

Circus sensation: PT Barnum’s greatest wheezes

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Will history survive the digital age?

Terracotta vicar and Moses, c1770, in the Victoria And Albert Museum, London. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

Vicars on the liquor

Irish national hero Hugh O'Neill, the 2nd Earl of Tyrone, makes a formal submission to the English following the suppression of his Irish rebellion, 1603. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The Library Hugh O’Neill: Elizabeth I’s Irish nemesis

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Utopias in history and an environmental disaster . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From bats and brawls to new links between colonies: the origins of Australian cricket

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Bribes, gifts and scandal: 7 stories of corruption that shocked Britain

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Postwar occupations and Raleigh bicycles . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.