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2 July 1937 AMELIA EARHART DISAPPEARS

© Alamy On 1 June 1937, aviator Amelia

13 July 1985 LIVE AID RAISES APPROXIMATELY £150 MILLION

© Getty Images The initiative of musicians Bob

BATTLE OF MALAKOFF

SEVASTOPOL, CRIMEA, 8 SEPT 1855

TEDDY ROOSEVELT HAD WON IN 1912?

Disillusioned with the administration of William Taft, the former Republican president mounted a third-party challenge

A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH

A new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland explores the history of anatomical research and dissection through gruesome artefacts

DOWNTON ABBEY: A NEW ERA

A fan-pleasing silver screen extension to the stately series

BATTLES OF CONSCIENCE

An investigation into WWII’s conscientious objectors

THE MAN WHO INVENTED MOTION PICTURES

The pioneer of cinema who vanished without a trace

GLORIANA: ELIZABETH I AND THE ART OF QUEENSHIP

A history of Elizabeth’s reign through the portraits she inspired

THE BOSTON STRANGLER

Fact versus fiction on the silver screen

VIZIER’S FINGERS

SWEET, STICKY BAKED DOUGH FINGERS, TURKEY, c.1299 – PRESENT

LUDLOW CASTLE

Shropshire, England 1459

LANCASTRIAN SOLDIER

England 1455-87

THE MIDDLEHAM JEWEL

This pendant was unearthed in 1985 near Middleham Castle England, late 15th century

RULING ROSES OF ENGLAND

Their royal ambitions during the Wars of the Roses led to decades of slaughter and political turmoil in England

EXPLAINING THE WARS OF THE ROSES

Professor Michael Hicks discusses some of the key moments and figures in the civil wars

HERITAGE SITES AROUND ENGLAND

Famous places and buildings that tell the story of the civil wars

RISE OF THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE

How the great sultans built a dynasty to challenge the powers of Europe

THE HUNT FOR ATLANTIS

The legendary lost continent has become an object of fascination since Plato first mentioned the sunken city, but was it real or merely an allegorical fable?

THE STORY OF PUNK

Anarchy, attitude and reckless abandon – the history of one of music’s most explosive movements

WHO WERE THE HUNS?

Discover the nomadic people who ruled half of Europe and took on the Romans

HISTORY'S WORST HURRICANES

Six of the deadliest hurricanes to ravage the Atlantic and Pacific

BATTLE OF THE FIVE KINGS

Michael Livingston explains how the Battle of Crécy was a turning point in the Hundred Years’ War