Social history

Gold Mining At Mount Alexander

Convicts and colonisers: the early history of Australia

Party For Orphans

Postwar refugees: nowhere to go for Christmas

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Q&A: Were conscientious objectors in the Second World War given white feathers?

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A bus makes its way down Fleet Street towards Ludgate Hill Circus and St Paul's Cathedral, London, c1888. (Photo by London Stereoscopic Company/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

A history of the high street

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What did the Baby Boomers Ever do for Us?

Modern day Kibworth, Leicestershire. (Alamy)

England in miniature

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Second World War

Berlin at War: Life and Death in Hitler’s Capital 1939–45

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English Houses 1300–1800

Best-dressed Briton in history: the nominations

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The American ‘Occupation’ of Britain: Three films

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Capital Affairs: London and the Making of the Permissive Society

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Second World War

Survivors

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Historic Jedburgh

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The Excellent Mrs Fry: Unlikely Heroine