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Winston Churchill and Winston the Platypus

Second World War

Winston and the platypus: how a bizarre WW2 diplomacy mission to influence Churchill ended in death and tragedy

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Victorian Britain's fearless female felons. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General History

Quiz of the weekWhich famous author survived a deadly train crash on 9 June 1865?

Cast of 'The Gold' (Picture by BBC Pictures)

History TV and radio in the UK: what's on our screens this week?

The Renaissance: not such a golden age?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Would Nikola Tesla have approved of Elon Musk? A historian’s verdict might surprise you

General History

History’s Greatest Cities: Season 4

Archimedes: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

"These women transformed his understanding of the world": making Malcolm X. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Third Reich's first genocide. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

English folklore: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Give away your worries, like an ancient Mesopotamian. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

What did Victorians do with their poo? The battle over the 19th-century excrement explosion

What happened in Shakespeare's "lost years"?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History's Greatest Cities: Marrakech. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History's Greatest Cities: Sydney. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History's Greatest Cities: Beijing. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History's Greatest Cities: Kingston. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History's Greatest Cities: Buenos Aires. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History's Greatest Cities: New York City. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History's Greatest Cities: Antwerp. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

History's Greatest Cities: Barcelona. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

British troops land in Normandy on 6 June 1944. D-Day, and the complex operations that followed, would not have been possible without Allied sailors (Photo by Photo 12/Universal Images Group/Getty Images)

The seaborne invasion: why we must remember the forgotten heroes of D-Day and the battle for Normandy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Rome's worst nightmare: the story of Spartacus. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

When was the worst time to be alive? You'll be surprised at what our expert has to say. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Plague, famine and chivalry: a human history of the 14th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

D-Day: the spearhead of the invasion. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Treasures floating in the waves

Which treasures were lost when Titanic sank, and what did some survivors smuggle onto lifeboats?

WATCHWhy did Georgian dresses cost as much as a townhouse?!. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Drink, dance, death: wine in ancient Egypt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.