Dockers unloading wine barrels

Social history

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The lesser-spotted postbox

When was the first mosque in Britain built?

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Boyle: Between God and Science

Land Girls and their Impact

The motivations behind Viking raids and the life of Dr Johnson.

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Katterfelto: Prince of Puff

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Conspiracy theories are everywhere

Banqueting House, London, where Charles I was executed on 30 January 1649. (Photo by Angelo Hornak/Corbis via Getty Images)

9 places associated with Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot.

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Blood, Iron & Gold

The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England

First World War special.

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The Red Flag

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The Great British Bobby

A statue of Lenin in Germany being removed from its plinth to be demolished. (Photo by Régis BOSSU/Sygma via Getty Images)

Looking back at The End of History

Transport minister Ernest Marples on a road bridge near the London end of the newly opened M1 motorway, 2 November 1959. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

The first day on the M1.

A group of Belgian refugees fleeing upon the arrival of German troops on the roads, 21 June 1940. (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)

The war grave warriors.

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The Gaol

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The Briggers

When does history end?.

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Glamour: A History

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October is the cruellest month (in history teaching, at least)

The LibraryThe private lives of the British and the cruelty of Henry V.

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From William Pitt to American football

Andrew Marr pictured in London in July 2015. (Photo by Ben A. Pruchnie/Getty Images)

Andrew Marr on the making of modern Britain.

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Replenishing the Earth

A portrait of the English explorer Samuel Hearne. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

My history hero: Samuel Hearne (1745–92).

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Many historians dislike the heritage industry out of sheer snobbery

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Wedlock

Q&AWhat is the origin of the phrase ‘going postal’, meaning ‘going berserk’?

A reminder written on the pavement to tell residents to carry their gas masks with them

1939: Was Britain ready for war?.