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WW2 spies | The Great Fire of London | The Crown S4 cast

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Spying in the Second World War

The stuff of numerous books and films, the extraordinary reality of wartime spying, explains Michael Goodman, was just as dramatic as the fictional accounts...

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The Crown S4: what did they really look like?

Ahead of the release of season 4 of The Crown on 15 November 2020 – which follows the royal family between 1977 and 1990 – we take a look at each of the main cast members and their respective royal counterparts…

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Mulan: the history of the Chinese legend behind the film

Mulan, Disney's latest live-action offering, is a new adaptation of a beloved Chinese ballad. Professor Lan Dong of the University of Illinois Springfield explores the origins of the legend – and the real history that might have inspired the tale…

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The Great Fire of London

Why did the Great Fire of London start? Who was to blame? And how many died? Discover the story of the 1666 blaze that destroyed the City of London – from diarist Samuel Pepys's first-hand accounts, to the aftermath of the devastating fire...

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The October issue of BBC History Magazine is now on sale

Inside our October 2020 issue, on sale 3 September 2020: Tracy Borman on Anne Boleyn's final days; Priya Atwal the rise and fall of the 19th-century Sikh empire; John Wyatt Greenlee on medieval eels; James Evans on the myth of the Mayflower (and much more...)

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A brief history of honeymoons 

When did newlyweds start taking 'honeymoons'? As Emily Brand explains, the tradition of couples taking a holiday immediately after marriage most likely stems from 'bridal tours' popular amongst the upper classes, combined with the rise of popular travel and tourism in the 1800s…

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The lives of sailors | Ernest Bevin | Hundred Years' War

On the latest episodes of the HistoryExtra podcast: Stephen Taylor describes the experiences of ordinary British seamen who took to the waves during the age of sail; Andrew Adonis explores how Ernest Bevin played a crucial role in World War Two and the Cold War; and Anne Curry answers questions about the Hundred Years' War…

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