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Ashton Court, Bristol

Smuggling’s heyday in Bristol and beyond . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My favourite place: Mont Saint Michel, France

Clifford's Tower, York, North Yorkshire, 1997. Clifford's Tower is the keep of the former York castle. The present stone keep was built on the man-made earth motte in the early 14th century, and due to subsidence it cracked in two places. (Photo by English Heritage/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Yorkshire’s top 10 historical sites as county prepares for Tour de France 2014

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My favourite place: Michael Scott

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My favourite place: Saul David

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My favourite historical places: Professor Rebecca Earle

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My favourite historical places: Dr Kate Williams

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My favourite historical places: Dr Marc Morris

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Prague 1600 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

29 Sep 2010, Istanbul, Turkey --- Interior view of the Topkapi palace at Istanbul --- Image by © Torbjˆrn Arvidson/Matton Collection/Corbis

My favourite historical places: Dr Elaine Farrell

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My favourite historical places: Dr Julie Barrau

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The Black Death, the effects of which are pictured in this medieval miniature, took little more than seven years to wipe out around half of mankind. (DeAgostini/Getty Images)

History explorer: the catastrophe of the Black Death . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Simon Thurley at Cromford Mills in Derbyshire. It was here, in 1771, that Richard Arkwright set up his first water-powered mills,

History Explorer: the rise of the factory . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BH1T0F Prato della Valle, Padua, Veneto, Italy

My favourite historical places: Joanna Innes

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My favourite historical places: Professor Richard Alston