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Did the Papacy Support the Norman Conquest?
30 October 2021In October 1066, William the Conqueror led his army to victory over Harold Godwinson and his Anglo Saxon forces. This was to begin the Norman...
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The Anglo-Arab Wars
29 October 2021The half century between 1870 and 1920 was one of conflict between British colonialism and the people of the Middle East and North Africa. In this...
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The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great
28 October 2021In his lifetime King Alexander III of Macedon, better known as Alexander the Great, forged one of the largest empires in ancient history. But it was...
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The Love Letters of Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn
28 October 2021In the Vatican Library, there survive 17 highly personal love letters, written in King Henry VIII's own hand to Anne Boleyn between 1527 and...
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The End of the Severan Dynasty
28 October 2021Following two assassinations and two executions, the title of Roman Emperor fell to Alexander Severus. He was one of the youngest to ever hold this...
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The Truth About Hollywood Cowboys
27 October 2021At the end of the American Civil War, thousands of African Americans ventured west to the frontier in a bid to achieve freedom and escape the...
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Castro, Malcolm X & Khrushchev in Harlem
27 October 2021For five decades the Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro ran a communist state on the doorstep of the United States. But in September 1960, he...
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Tank Standoff at Checkpoint Charlie
26 October 2021For 16 hours between the 27 to 28 October 1961, the world held its breath as Soviet and US tanks faced each other down at Checkpoint Charlie in...
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Eels in the Middle Ages: Meals & Money
26 October 2021The European eel is now categorised as a critically endangered species, but 1000 years ago they flourished in abundance, and were an important aspect...
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Richard III vs Henry VII
25 October 2021We all think we know the story of Richard III and Henry VII, or do we? Richard III is often portrayed as a child-murdering usurper whose reign was...
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Witches & Puritans
25 October 2021On a remote Massachusetts plantation in 1651, an unpopular local brickmaker was blamed for a wave of animal ailments, children dying and vanishing...
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WW2: Special Boat Service
25 October 2021Many have heard of the SAS (Special Air Service), but what about the SBS? Britain's SBS (Special Boat Service) was the first operations unit of its...
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