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Circulation: William Harvey’s Revolutionary Idea

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Sultan Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif. (Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Ye Olde Travel Guide: Meknes 1681 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A photograph of J Meade Falkner, c1915. He

My history hero: J Meade Falkner (1858-1932) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Flight of Bonaparte from the Battle of Krasnoi, 1815. Artist: Sutherland, Thomas (1785-1838)

How Napoleon was humbled

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Durham Cathedral on a sunny day. Taken near to the water of the River Wear. (Dreamstime)

Where history happened: pilgrimage . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Richard I (also known as Richard the Lionheart) frequently dated documents with the 'regnal year'. An example of this might be

A legacy of the lionheart

The charge of the Scots Greys at the battle of Waterloo, 18 June 1815, was immortalised in this famous painting of 1881 by Lady Elizabeth Butler (1846-1933). (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Fighting Scots

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The BBC Story

Hitler greets admirers when he was still enormously popular. (Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Dear Mr Hitler

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Pickering Castle, North Yorkshire

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Thrash away!

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Is there evidence of prejudice against left-handers in the medieval period?

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Afghanistan: The Great Game – A Personal View By Rory Stewart

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Golf vs Work