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English soldiers in the ruins of Palmyre in charge of taking over the Syrian Territory occupied by Vichy’s France. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

The untold Second World War

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Clarence Harry Willcock MP, who refused to show his identity card to a policeman, 13 June 1951. (Photo by Walter Bellamy/Express/Getty Images)

My history hero: Clarence Willcock . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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View towards Steel Rigg from Hadrian's Wall in Northumbria. (Photo by VisitBritain/Rod Edwards via Getty Images)

History explorer: Early Roman Britain . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Illustration by Jonty Clark

Ye olde travel guide: Kiev 978 AD . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A second petition of 800,000 signatures, protesting against the abolition of the basic petrol ration, being presented to the House of Commons, 10 December 1947. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

E-petitions: in the name of the people?

A scene from the Chronique de St Denis depicting the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Louis VII of France, 1137. (Photo by Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

An A to Z of the Plantagenets

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The Cenotaph, London

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What are the origins of saluting?

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Whitby Abbey, North Yorkshire

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Waiting at the church

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Teeth and jaw are earliest Homo sapien remains

British and Maori conflicts

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North West Museum of Road Transport, St Helens

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If I ran the country, I’d throw Halloween on the bonfire

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Religious differences