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Batting for the British Empire: how Victorian cricket was more than just a game

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The complex history of concentration camps

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Chris Williams responds to your questions on law enforcement in Britain over the past 300 years. (Image by Getty Images)

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

Thomas Crapper started a plumbing business in Chelsea in 1861 and pioneered some of the most revolutionary designs of sanitary engineering in the 19th century – but he didn't 'invent' the toilet

The legend of Thomas Crapper, the man who didn’t invent the toilet

Concerned that Russia was expanding its influence in the region, Britain invaded Afghanistan in 1839, ousting ruler Dost Mohammad and replacing him with Shah Shuja, who had been king from 1803–10. (Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Britain’s first war in Afghanistan: what happened and why?

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Will Pooley delves into the strange and surprising history of witchcraft beliefs in France, from the Revolution to the Second World War. (Image by Getty Images)

Bewitched cars & mail-order charms: witchcraft in modern France . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Cakobau: the first (and last) king of Fiji

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Sue Pritchard, curator of a new exhibition of royal portraits at the National Maritime Museum, discusses how wigs were used to convey royal power. (Image from Getty Images)

Portraits, power and royal wigs . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Ida B Wells: civil rights activist and scourge of lynch mobs

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Martin Johnes tackles listener questions about the history of modern Wales, from the Industrial Revolution to devolution. (Image from Getty Images)

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

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21 key moments in the history of the modern Olympics

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Q&A Who won the first Olympic medal? And what was the prize before that?