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The Gunpowder Plot and the First World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Samuel Pepys portrait

My history hero: Samuel Pepys (1633-1703). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Picture of Chrysippus of Soli

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'The butterfly hunt' (1874) by Berthe Morisot

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Portrait of Miranda Kaufmann. (Image by Jeni Nott)

History explorer: Africans in Tudor and Stuart Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Picture depicting the Articles of Union being presented to Queen Anne

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Shakespeare: 7 burning questions about his life

The Sedgeford Portrait, which is said to show Pocahontas and her young son, Thomas. (Photo by Getty)

In search of the real Pocahontas

1,138: The number of London children recorded as dying of “teeth” in 1685. (Illustration: James Albon for BBC History Magazine)

History’s most surprising statistics

A depiction of the battle of Naseby

Did Roundheads and Cavaliers really dress so differently?

Who's the best-dressed Briton in history?

An engraved depiction of John Lilburne, who "stands as a towering icon of the liberal tradition". (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: John Lilburne (c1615-57)

Marston Moor, near York, was the site of the greatest battles of the Civil War – the battle of Marston. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

History explorer: the Civil War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The LibraryThe downfall of Mary, Queen of Scots and a British civil rights struggle. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Margam Park, Port Talbot

Smithills Hall, Bolton

The master of dressage

Erddig, Wrexham

General prehistory

Isle of Tiree, Hebrides

A woodcut depicting a witch hanging in England, c17th Century. (Bettmann via Getty Images)

Witches in the dock: 10 of Britain’s most infamous witch trials

Royal Gunpowder Mills, Essex

Dawyck Botanic Garden, Scottish Borders

Strangers’ Hall, Norwich

Ye olde travel guide: Madrid 1621. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Goodrich Castle, Herefordshire

Visit historic Warwick

Grosvenor Museum, Chester

Bridgnorth Castle, Shropshire

Traquair House, Peeblesshire