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The execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche

The curse of the nine-day queen . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Queen Elizabeth I in procession with her courtiers, c1600-1603 (Photo by Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Elizabeth I’s accession day celebrations . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Benjamin Woolley - Mary and George WL (1)

Mary & George: the real history behind the new drama . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Viking ships arriving in Britain, c1130.

“A Viking wedding involved a bed and eight people”, plus four other facts about the Vikings you might not know… . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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James VI and I and his favourites, Robert Carr and George Villiers

James VI and I and his favourites: what were their relationships like?

Mary Villiers and Julianne Moore

Who was the real Mary Villiers?

The real George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, and Nicholas Galitzine as George Villiers

Who was George Villiers, favourite of King James VI and I?

Sir Walter Raleigh, a portrait of the great favourite of Queen Elizabeth I

Q&A Why was Sir Walter Raleigh executed?

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Pod Behind headlines WL (2)

History Behind the Headlines: ageing politicians & new names for the London Overground . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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LongRead Social WL

Labour’s leap to power . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Richard J Evans Rodolf Hoss WL

The man who ran Auschwitz: the real story of The Zone of Interest . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Pod Ashley Rubin Alcatraz WL

Alcatraz: everything you wanted to know . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

English highwayman Dick Turpin is pictured astride his horse, leaping over a gate, as he flees his pursuers

The extraordinary legend of highwayman Dick Turpin

UNSPECIFIED - CIRCA 1986: Hans Holbein the Younger (ca. 1497-1543), Portrait of Jane Seymour (ca. 1509-1537), Third Wife of Henry VIII of England. (Photo By DEA / G. NIMATALLAH/De Agostini/Getty Images)

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