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The history of Sherlock Holmes - in pictures

Morris dancers perform

Steps in time: Dancing through history

Wolf Hall: author Hilary Mantel talks Tudors, historical accuracy and winning the Man Booker Prize. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hitler’s jazz band: how the Nazis used swing as propaganda

James Bond and Vichy France. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The World War Two French resistance and British holidays. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

History teachers' body reacts to Michael Gove's education secretary replacement

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

Historian at the Movies: Grace of Monaco reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The decline of the pub: what can we learn from history?

A mosaic depicting the poet Virgil writing the Aeneid. (Photo By DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

How to succeed in Ancient Rome

Revealed: Jane Austen's country life

Brazil: where sport and politics have always mixed

BBC History Magazine

My favourite place: Saul David

'The butterfly hunt' (1874) by Berthe Morisot

The LibraryFirst ladies of art: three trailblazing female artists from history

Famous people in profile: Charlie Chaplin

Alfred Hitchcock greets a crowd

10 facts about… Alfred Hitchcock

American actor and singer Howard Keel records 'Kiss Me Kate' with his co-star Patricia Morrison, 1964. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

The growing pains of BBC Two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

In search of the real Pocahontas

First World War

Behind the scenes of new First World War drama The Crimson Field

British film director Alfred Hitchcock perched on either arm in a promotional still for his film, 'The Birds', c1963. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: Alfred Hitchcock (1899–1980). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cold War spies and friendship through the ages. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Worshippers inside the Duke Street Baptist Church in Richmond, Surrey, listening to a service in 1954. (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)

The LibraryD-Day for God?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Napoleon's formative years and great thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Historian at the Movies: The Monuments Men reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

Top 10 History Extra podcasts of 2013

Historian Miles Russell. (Photography by Philip Hartley for BBC History Magazine)

History explorerExtravagance in Roman Britain: a visit to Fishbourne Roman Palace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

BBC History Magazine

Historian at the Movies: The Railway Man reviewed

Behind the scenes of the BBC’s swashbuckling new series The Musketeers

Historian at the Movies: 12 Years a Slave reviewed. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.