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The Rise of Thomas Becket
2 July 2024"Who will rid me of this troublesome priest?!"
These words supposedly uttered by a King over 800 years ago set in motion a chain of gruesome...
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How did Brexit Happen? A History
1 July 2024On the eve of the 2024 General Election, we're tackling one of the UK's most divisive topics; Brexit.
The 2016 referendum on EU membership...
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What Caused the American Revolution?
1 July 2024What took the US from the Boston Tea Party to Lexington and Concord? Where was the turning point for the creation of the republic?
Mary Beth...
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Six Wives: Kateryn Parr
1 July 2024Six wives - six lives that we think we know everything about. But beyond their mostly doomed marriages to Henry VIII and, in most cases, tragic...
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Queen Victoria: The Woman Behind An Era
1 July 2024Queen Victoria was the last English monarch of the House of Hanover and gave her name to an era in British history. Although small in stature, she...
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How WWI Started
30 June 2024110 years ago today, the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire was struck down by an assassin's bullet. His death triggered one of the most...
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Public Executions: A Day At London's Hanging Tree
30 June 2024Would you have gone? Would you have drunk with the condemned? Paid your way into their prison the night before? Public executions in London were...
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Temple Mount
29 June 2024Temple Mount is one of the most sacred places in Jerusalem. A rocky outcrop that has become important for Islam, Judaism and Christianity and the...
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Origins of the Patriarchy
28 June 2024Whose idea was the patriarchy? How long has it been a part of our lives? And how do we even define it?
For something that's so prevalent in...
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1217: The year that forged England
28 June 2024Two years after King John had agreed to the terms of Magna Carta, he reneged on his word, plunging England into war. The rebellious barons...
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President Benjamin Harrison: The President with a Petting Zoo
27 June 2024Why is the 23rd President of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, remembered as a 'Human Iceberg'? Why did it seem as though he was predestined...
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Origins of the Silk Road
26 June 2024The Silk Road was a pivotal ancient exchange network that connected the grassy steppes of Asia and the Middle East with the Western world. The...
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