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Nate Mann as Robert 'Rosie' Rosenthal in Apple TV+ WW2 drama Masters of the Air
Second World War

The real Robert Rosenthal: who was Rosie in Masters of the Air?

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Video podcast A history of song: from Schumann to Sting . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Vintage illustration of a variety of strawberry desserts.
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Quiz What historical recipe should you try next? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Peking to Paris: the world’s first great motor race . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Conspiracy 2 WL Knights Templars
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Video podcast Conspiracy: legends of the Knights Templar . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi is held aloft by his team after clinching a division title in 1960.
20th Century

A brief history of American football and the Super Bowl

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Detail of a snowball fight in a medieval fresco (c1400) from a series of frescos depicting the Cycle of the Months in the Torre dell'Aquila (Eagle Tower) in Buonconsiglio Castle, Trento, Italy. (Image by Alamy)
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The winter storms that rocked medieval Europe . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Templar knight standing and a Templar knight on a horse in space
Medieval

Conspiracy Do the Knights Templar still exist today?

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George C Wolfe and Bayard Rustin
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My history hero George C Wolfe chooses Bayard Rustin . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Love: a weird & wonderful history . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcast Conspiracy: did aliens land at Roswell? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Video podcast Britain’s long love affair with sport . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Noor Inayat Khan in her Special Operations Executive uniform
Second World War

Noor Inayat Khan: the daring life of the British WW2 ‘spy princess’

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Wanderlust: the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.