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The lesser-spotted postbox

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When was the first mosque in Britain built?

Four history books

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Boyle: Between God and Science

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Ten things to do in… January

Lewis Chessmen found on the Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, probably made in Norway, about AD 1150-1200. (Photo by RDImages/Epics/Getty Images)

The Library Objects with meanings: How artefacts can give us a new take on global history

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Second World War

The Retreat: Hitler’s First Defeat

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Racism by omission

Image of the Lindisfarne Stone from Holy Island, Northumbria. It shows seven warriors, possibly vikings. The Vikings’ first recorded raid on Lindisfarne took place in AD 793. (Photo by CM Dixon/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Why did the Vikings’ violent raids begin?

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Land Girls and their Impact

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Food and drink on the Somme frontline: the soldier experience

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Katterfelto: Prince of Puff

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Heart Beguiling Araby