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Museum bid to acquire ‘new world’ George Stubbs paintings

Languishing languages

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Illustration by Jonty Clark.

Ye olde travel guide: Astrakhan 1747 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration by Glen McBeth.

Q&A: How far back in time would I have to go until I couldn’t understand what people were saying?

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Ye Olde Travel Guide: Winnipeg 1913 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Elizabeth Woodville, the queen consort of the Yorkist king Edward IV, was a character in the BBC historical drama 'The White Queen'. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

Truth, lies and historical fiction: an interview with ‘The White Queen’ writer Philippa Gregory . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The story behind Hidden Killers of the Victorian Home

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Ye olde travel guide: Rio de Janeiro 1820 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&A: Were the martial songs in Nazi newsreels typical of the period?

A noisy history of the world

Hitler’s philosophers

The call for the First Crusade was initially made by Pope Urban (pictured) in 1095. (Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

Britain and Islam: a matter of faith

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Ye olde travel guide: Calcutta 1905 . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A portrait of the brilliant pianist and composer Clara Schumann.

My history hero: Clara Schumann (1819-96) . This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

George Frederick Handel married opera's passion with the respectability of biblical texts, says Tim Blanning. (Photo by The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images)

10 milestones in the history of western music