Dockers unloading wine barrels

Social 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?.

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The Shrinking Violets of History?

Eco towns: what can we learn from history?

Stop and search: what can we learn from history?

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Aristocracy and its Enemies in the Age of Revolution

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The Ends of Life: Roads to Fulfilment in Early Modern England

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Satan: A Biography

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The Hemingses of Monticello

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Buccaneers of the Caribbean

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Famine: A Short History

'The Fountain of Youth', 1546. Artist: Lucas Cranach the Elder

Everard Digby: the man who taught Tudors to swim.

A Nazi serial killer and a Tudor gentleman.

British history: the turning points.

Miss Ivy Williams

6 trailblazing women in history.

Life in a London slum and the Last Judgement.