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Horrible Histories - Horrible Christmas
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Documenting the Self: Victorian Diaries and 21st-Century Social MediaThe Long View
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Christmas trees in the trenchesFrom
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The history of Christmas crackersFrom
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iWonderWas the Western Front the most multi-racial place on Earth?
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World War One: The story of Scotland's rugby starsFrom
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On this day
24 Dec 1914: A Zeppelin drops a single bomb on St James's Rectory, Dover, in the first ever air raid on British soil.
Trace the most destructive Zeppelin attack of WW1
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Tales of Winter: The Art of Snow and Ice
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Memories of WW1’s Christmas TruceFrom
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Where do our Christmas traditions come from?From
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iWonderWas John Constable a revolutionary artist?
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1914 - Chocolates for SoldiersFrom
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iWonderWhy didn't Christianity die out in the 1st Century?
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Castles: Britain's Fortified History
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Stonehenge dig finds 6,000-year-old encampmentFrom
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iWonderWhy was the Battle of the Somme film bigger than Star Wars?
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Francine Stock