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Pod Matthew Parker WL

Imperial spectacle: inside Britain’s 1924 ‘Empire Exhibition’ . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A 15th-century illustration shows the English triumph at Agincourt in 1415. Henry’s military training had begun 15 years earlier. (Photo by Getty Images)

The bloody rise of Henry V: how his brutal upbringing propelled him to greatness . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A swineherd with pigs in a 15th-century manuscript. The animals caused such
a stink in York (above) that a local abbot wrote to Edward I
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Child-killing “demon-hosts”: pigs in the medieval city . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Fire rages in Dublin’s ‘Four Courts’, housing the Public Record Office of Ireland, in 1922. Many historical documents were destroyed in the conflagration. (Photo by Getty Images)

Interview Robert Bartlett: “The complexity of modern national politics has placed history at risk” . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on Gaza’s astonishing cultural heritage . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Rune stone. (Photo by Getty Images)

Reading the runes: what we can learn about everyday life in the Viking Age . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Napoleon Bonaparte retreats from Moscow, as depicted in a painting from 1851. The French leader is the classic example of a man driven to wage war by a lust for power, says Richard Overy. (Photo by Getty Images)

What drives our addiction to war? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Catalan Atlas from 1375

North, south, east and west: how ancient civilisations found their bearings before the compass . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Croydon Aerodome, pictured in 1926. Two years earlier, Matthews’ threat to sell his ‘Death Ray’ to a French party had sparked a dash to this airfield by investors determined to stop him. (Photo by Getty Images)

Amazing lives Harry Grindell Matthews: the strangely inventive mind behind the aerophone and Death Ray . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Life - Milton_WL

John Milton: life of the week . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Pompeii: everything you wanted to know

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Video podcast Why did people kill for Hitler? . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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