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Why do we say ‘horse of a different colour’?

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Q&A Why do we have the letters 'FD' on our coins?

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First World War

How did WW1 end?

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In pictures: Frames in focus

The Victorians' grisly fascination with murder. (Illustration by Ben Jones for BBC History Magazine)

The Victorians’ grisly fascination with murder

The medieval city of Carcassonne

My favourite place: Languedoc, France

William Hogarth

My history hero: William Hogarth (1697–1764)

A British major pictured in German captivity

“How I fell captive to the Germans”: the experience of First World War PoWs

Parts of the Magna Carta

The amazing legacy of Magna Carta

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The life of Keynes and a trip to Ancient Greece . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Mistresses through history: the term wasn’t always about secret sex

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A brief history of medieval magic

Lambert Simnel

Lambert Simnel: Richard III’s heir who ‘had a stronger claim to the throne than Henry VII’

A demonstrator vents his spleen at police officers during an anti-Vietnam War rally in London's Grosvenor Square

Britain at war over Vietnam

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Princess Sophia Duleep Singh

Sophia: Princess, Suffragette, Revolutionary . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.