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Laurence Olivier plays Richard III in the 1955 film adaptation of Shakespeare's play. In it, the controversial monarch is damned as everything from a

Why did Shakespeare revile Richard III?

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The Plantation of Ulster: The British Colonisation of the North of Ireland in the 17th Century

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The Roman invasion: whose side were the Britons on?

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The Queen's silver jubilee took place in 1977. (Photo by Tim Graham/Getty Images)

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Richard II, led captive by Henry Bolingbroke (later Henry IV), renounces the throne in Jean Creton's 'Histoire du Roy d'Angleterre Richard II' (1401-05). (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Richard II: “I find myself a traitor”

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher is portrayed as pirate in an Argentine newspaper from 30 April 1982.(Photo by Alain Nogues/Sygma via Getty Images)

Sir Max Hastings: Witness to the Falklands War

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

The death of Aelfeah at the hands of the Danes, portrayed in a window of St Luke's church, Bath. (Photo by: MyLoupe/UIG via Getty Images)

St Ælfheah: Canterbury’s other martyr

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Sue Townsend admires Charles Dickens (pictured c1960) for his battles against social injustice. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Getty Images)

My history hero: Charles Dickens (1812-1870) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Scholars name Shakespeare’s ‘co-author’

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