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The Celts: unpicking the mystery

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Viceroy’s House: the history behind the film . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

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From Charles Darwin’s beard to George Eliot’s right hand: 4 famous Victorian bodily quirks

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A revolutionary engineer and Victoria’s Indian confidant . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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War: the locomotive of history?

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Dr James Barry: a surgeon with a secret

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“We die like brothers”: The sinking of the SS Mendi

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In pictures: The photographs of William Henry Fox Talbot

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Books interview with Robert Service: “Nicholas II brought the Russian Revolution upon his own head” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The roots of modern rage . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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An eyewitness account of the Normandy landings, France, 1944

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Age of Anger: Pankaj Mishra in conversation with Tom Holland . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Crusader, deserter and traitor: the life and legacy of Raymond III of Tripoli