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Beast or buffoon? Some of the many interpretations of King John as he has appeared in film and television. By Dean Nicholas | Posted Tue 17th January, 11:34
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A vision of the culture, politics and media of 1950s Rome through the lens of the greatest crime scandal of the day. By Robert S.C. Gordon | Posted Tue 17th January, 09:12
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A new book by Ian Kershaw attempts to explain why, in 1945, Germany fought on to the bitter end. By Richard Bessel | Posted Mon 16th January, 10:30
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Lucy Worsley looks at the home-making habits of the past, and observes how seemingly trivial details chart overarching changes in society. By Lucy Worsley | Posted Mon 16th January, 09:15
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Coventry University has been awarded £745,000 to digitise almost half a million documents held in the BT Archives. By Kathryn Hadley | Posted Fri 13th January, 13:11
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A livey and accessible biography of Queen Elizabeth's secretary of state. By Simon Adams | Posted Fri 13th January, 07:40
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Paul Lay previews the February issue of the magazine, which is out next week. By Paul Lay | Posted Thu 12th January, 12:55
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The winner of the Longman-History Today Book Prize was announced at our annual award ceremony. Here is a collection of photographs from the event. By Paul Lay | Posted Thu 12th January, 11:30
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A letter written by Ludwig van Beethoven in 1823 and estimated to be worth up to €150,000 has been rediscovered in Germany. By Kathryn Hadley | Posted Wed 11th January, 12:30
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'Crisis? What crisis?' was Prime Minster James Callaghan's response to Britain's Winter of Discontent in 1979. However, he never actually said those words. A compendium of wrongly-attributed quotations. By Christopher Winn | Posted Wed 11th January, 09:05
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After decades of advance, democracy in Europe has begun to look curiously vulnerable. By Paul Lay | Posted Tue 10th January, 08:25
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Juliet Gardiner reviews John Forster's biography of Charles Dickens. By Juliet Gardiner | Posted Tue 10th January, 07:30
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A pictorial history of the London Zoological Society, which in the 1820s set about collecting specimens that would form the basis of the capital's zoo. By Kathryn Hadley | Posted Mon 9th January, 12:03
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The author of Courtiers: The Secret History of Kensington Palace (Faber & Faber), and presenter of the BBC TV series, If Walls Could Talk: An Intimate History of the Home discusses her work with Paul Lay. By Paul Lay | Posted Mon 9th January, 08:30
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