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A statue of the English queen Matilda in Luxembourg Garden, Paris. (Photo by Waring Abbott/Getty Images)
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Matilda: William the Conqueror’s queen

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Perilous Glory: The Rise of Western Military Power

British microbiologist and discoverer of penicillin, Alexander Fleming. (Photo by Ipsumpix/Corbis via Getty Images)
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A big day in history: Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

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First World War shells

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Looking for bugs

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The Library A new history of England and the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Queen Matilda . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Anti-capitalist graffiti referencing the Nike slogan ‘Just Do It’. Mayday riots, London, 2001. (Photo by PYMCA/UIG via Getty Images)
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Opinion: should historians comment on current affairs?

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Magna Carta

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Keith Lowe The trouble with historical monuments . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Kathleen Kenyon challenged biblical accounts with her pioneering work at the ancient city of Jericho. (Photo by Bettmann/contributor via Getty Images)
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My history hero: Kathleen Kenyon (1906–78) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Douglas Haig (right) watches the stamping of poppies by ex-servicemen, during a visit to the British Legion poppy factory in Richmond, 22 October 1926. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
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The Library Douglas Haig: a postwar revolutionary?

A portrait of Sir Francis Walsingham, Elizabeth I’s ‘spymaster’. (Photo by Photo 12/UIG via Getty Images)
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Sir Francis Walsingham: spy-master extraordinaire and Elizabeth I’s security chief

Vasily Grossman with the Red Army in Schwerin, Germany, 1945. (Photo by Fine Art Images/Heritage Images/Getty Images)
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A war of words

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Ye olde travel guide: Venice 1500 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.