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Not Just the Tudors Lates: Elizabeth I on Screen - The Historians’ Verdict
What do you get when you bring together five top historians in a room with bottles of Prosecco to debate Elizabeth I on screen? History with the glov…
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A Short History of Humans
Why are humans the only species to have escaped – only very recently – the subsistence trap, allowing us to enjoy a standard of living that vastly ex…
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Atoms and X-rays: Experiments That Changed History
For millennia, people have obsessed over questions about the nature of matter in our universe. Then, by the turn of the twentieth century, we believe…
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The Man Who Rebuilt the Faces of WW1
The mechanised warfare of the First World War brought unprecedented new levels of firepower and destruction to the battlefield and with it horrific n…
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The Great Fire of London
In the early hours of September 2, 1666, a small fire broke out on the ground floor of a baker's house in Pudding Lane. In five days that small fire …
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Taiwan: China's Ukraine?
Located just 100 miles off the coast of mainland China, the nation of Taiwan sits in the so-called 'first island chain' - a group of US-friendly terr…
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Robin Hood
Robin Hood is one of the most famous legends of British history, but did he exist and if so who was he? Gareth Morgan, Learning Development Officer a…
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The March on Washington
On August 28, 1963, some 200,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. to protest the continuing inequalities faced by…
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Storytime with the Snows: 1066
1066 is one of the most critical and dramatic years in British history. In the space of one year, the country had three kings, three major battles an…
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Richard III: How to find a Lost King
In August 1485, King Richard III was killed at the Battle of Bosworth. In 2012, having been lost for over 500 years, the remains of King Richard III …
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