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In pictures: Celtic art and identity

'The Cricket on the Hearth' published in 1845 by Charles Dickens. (Image by Getty)

Cats in history: 3 curious tributes

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8 weird and wonderful pictures from the past

Life of the Week: Andy Warhol

The daily hustle and bustle in the busy fishing port of Newlyn in Penzance, Cornwall, c1870. (Photo by Gibson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Top 10 historical Cornish words

Elton John sings Candle in the Wind at Princess Diana’s funeral, September 1997. (© Getty)

The LibraryThe history of Britain’s talent factory. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A virtuous Viking: the medieval legend of Havelok the Dane. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Tomatina' festival in August 1999. (Photo by Müller-Stauffenberg/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

9 weird and wonderful festivals through history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The golden age of murder: Agatha Christie and the Detection Club. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The many lives of India. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Actors in a staging of Shakepeare's 'Macbeth'

Q&AWhy don't actors refer to the Shakespeare play Macbeth by name?

The front of Shakespeare's birthplace on Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon.

History explorer: the young William Shakespeare. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Comic Sam Kinison

My history hero: Sam Kinison (1953-92). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Women wearing unrationed shoe soles during the war

Dressed for war: fashions of the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

My favourite place: Dominic Sandbrook

Gothic wonder: 5 spectacular buildings of medieval England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth: a ‘staggeringly authentic’ WW1 film says daughter Baroness Shirley Williams. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Living through the Crusades: 3 poems and songs that reveal how medieval people felt about the holy war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In pictures: early Victorian photography

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Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History

Wolf Halls: take a look inside the properties where the new BBC series is filmed

My favourite place: Miles Russell

Cover of the Voyages Extraordinaires series by the French science fiction writer Jules Verne.

The phantom menace: 10 milestones in science fiction. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Student radicals and Crete in WWII. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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In pictures: the history of Marvel comic books

In focus: Aesop and his fables

Science fiction and dancing in history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Spin the Globe: behind the scenes of the new series

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In pictures: at home in a doll's house

7 maps that changed history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.