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A 1954 advertisement for Cooper's Y-Front. (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A revealing history of underwear

A portrait of Anne Boleyn

Did Eustace Chapuys really despise Anne Boleyn?

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Sykes-Picot and a 17th-century polymath . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Peaky Blinders: behind the scenes with creator Steven Knight . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dan Jones, Suzannah Lipscomb
PTC for Six Queens of Henry VIII
Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Sudbury CO10 9BA

Suzannah Lipscomb & Dan Jones discuss Henry VIII’s final two wives: Catherine Howard & Katherine Parr

The Empire State building

Feature Five facts about the Empire State Building

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On the Silk Road with Sam Willis

A combo picture of two images taken 13 August 2002 at Cairo Museum shows a foot of a mummy missing its big toe and beside it a prosthetic toe of leather and wood to replace the amputated real one. (Photo by Marwan Naamani/AFP/Getty Images)

Q&A How long have people used prosthetic limbs?

The Brontë family.

The Brontës at war: how Charlotte and Branwell brought Waterloo into their drawing room

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The history of consumerism and Chinese philosophy . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dan Jones, Suzannah Lipscomb
PTC for Six Queens of Henry VIII
Kentwell Hall, Long Melford, Sudbury CO10 9BA

Dan Jones and Suzannah Lipscomb discuss Jane Seymour and Anne of Cleves

Third Crusade 1189–1192:

On the left: Richard I of England (also known as Richard the Lionheart or Richard Coeur de Lion, 1157–1199). On the right: Saladin (or Sal al-Din al-Ayyubu, 1137–1193).

(Richard I and Saladin in combat during the Third Crusade).
Encaustic tiles, 1250–1260.
Chertsey Abbey, Surrey, England.

Members of Assassins cult kill Conrad I of Jerusalem

Edmund II - better known as Edmund Ironside - shown in a 14th-century manuscript. (Photo by Wikimedia Commons)

Edmund Ironside: Anglo-Saxon warrior king

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A brief history of Offa’s Dyke

The Valletta skyline – in the centre is St Paul's Anglican Cathedral and Carmelite Church. (Photo by Getty Images)

My favourite place: Malta