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How Catherine of Aragon Learnt to be Queen
14 October 2021The Spanish infanta Catalina of Aragon was raised to be a Queen, betrothed at the age of three to the heir apparent of the English throne, Arthur...
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Ai Khanum: A Greek City in Afghanistan?
14 October 2021A theatre, a gymnasium and houses with colonnaded courtyards: these are the hallmarks of an Ancient Greek city. So what are they doing in the...
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The Battle of Hastings
13 October 2021On 14 October 1066, the armies of William, the Duke of Normandy, and the Anglo-Saxon King Harold Godwinson clashed near Hastings in one of the most...
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Italy in WW2
13 October 2021On 13 October 1943, one month after surrendering to the Allies, Italy declared war on its former partner, Nazi Germany. In this episde from the...
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Lady Jane Grey
12 October 2021On a cold February morning in 1554, Lady Jane Grey was beheaded for high treason. Named as King Edward VI as his successor, Queen Jane had reigned...
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Galloway Hoard
12 October 2021In September 2014, a metal detectorist discovered the rarest collection of Viking-age objects ever found to date in Britain. The Galloway hoard...
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Maurice Hilleman: Vaccine Creator
11 October 2021Dr Maurice Hilleman was a leading American microbiologist who specialised in vaccinology and immunology. He discovered nine vaccines that are...
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The 1549 Kett's Rebellion
11 October 2021In 1549, the Tudor establishment was rocked by a series of popular rebellions, born of deep discontent over the enclosure by wealthy landowners of...
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Protesting Nuclear Weapons: Greenham Common
11 October 2021In September 1981 a small group of 36 Welsh women marched 120 miles from Cardiff to RAF Greenham Common and chained themselves to the gates. They...
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Jack the Ripper Retold
10 October 2021In 1888 a series of brutal killings took place in Whitechapel, London which might be the most famous unsolved murders of all time. The case and...
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Alexander the Great's Greatest Victory
10 October 2021In October 331 BC, one of the most important battles of world history occurred on the plain of Gaugamela. Alexander III of Macedon, better known...
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Operation Jubilee: Disaster at Dieppe
9 October 2021In August 1942 the Allies launched a daring raid across the Channel to capture the port town of Dieppe and hold it for 24 hours. It ended in disaster...
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