St Andrews researchers discover ‘King Arthur’s Hall’ is five times older than thought
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Archaeologists are investigating the possibility Vikings used shortcuts over land to help them move warships and smaller boats around Scotland's west coast
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German Navy Enigma machine systems were different to the Army, making them tougher to crack. In this video, James Grime discusses the differences and what Alan Turing achieved in breaking the code.
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Stonehenge megalith came from Scotland, not Wales, ‘jaw-dropping’ study finds
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Ernest Shackleton: Famed explorer's Endurance ship gets extra protection
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The Philosophy of Liberty – On Liberalism
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Explore Robert Falcon Scott and Ernest Shackleton's famous Antarctic ship with new "Digital Twin"
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Uncovered: 428-year-old secret dossier reveals Elizabeth I’s network of spies
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Britain’s embrace of the bomb
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Explorer Ernest Shackleton's last ship found off Labrador's south coast, says expedition
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Blacksmiths are reconstructing a Viking ship to better understand the secrets of the navigation of Scandinavian warriors a thousand years ago
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The forgotten Roman roads
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Pigeons in the Arctic: Part III: Sir John Ross’s 1850-51 search for the lost Franklin Bay expedition
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The Canterbury Tales, or, how technology changes the way we speak
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Yorkshire crafts: Drystone wallers
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Edinburgh's Beltane Fire Festival, rooted in ancient Gaelic traditions, heralds the beginning of summer and celebrates the cycles of nature. The vibrant event now draws over 8,000 attendees each year.
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Medieval historian and game developer, Jason Kingsley CBE, reacts to Manor Lords
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How the Berlin Wall worked
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Britain’s vast network of abandoned nuclear bunkers | Cold War UK
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What happened when you visited a medieval inn?
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Borders book store | Bankrupt
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Salvage of the century: The lost WWII gold of HMS Edinburgh
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Packages seized by the Royal Navy from a Faroese cargo ship bound for Denmark during the Napoleonic Wars opened – previously hidden away in the National Archives
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The Greenwich meridian's forgotten rival
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Welcome to Sealand, the world's smallest state
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If we shoot a 140lb draw weight English longbow from a five story medieval tower, how much further will the arrows go?
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The first US Army Christmas: Washington and the Hessians
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WWII rescue buoys - Secret 'floating hotels' of the English Channel
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Archaeologists reveal life stories of hundreds of people from medieval Cambridge
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How one man rewrote one thousand years of history
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Sinking the Blücher: How an outdated fort stopped the WWII Invasion of Norway
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Journey to EPCOT Center: A symphonic history
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Monica de Wichfeld awarded Blue plaque honour in Derrylin, Northern Ireland – was a leading member of the Danish resistance against Nazi occupation in World War II
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Logo rewind: Discovering the trademarks of medieval Norwich
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Wikipedia’s king who doesn’t exist
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Wreckage likely belonging to a British submarine that sank during World War II was found off the coast of Norway
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A closer look at Kowloon Walled City in Hong Kong, the most densely populated place that ever existed
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Archaeologists discover world’s oldest wooden structure: dating back half a million years and predating the evolution of our own species, Homo sapiens
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Norway remembers its wartime debt to Dumfries – special relationship being marked with the unveiling of a one-and-a-half tonne stone of friendship
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The unmaking of India: How the British impoverished the world’s richest country
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Why British cities make no sense | Map Men
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Long barrows are Neolithic constructions that might have been churches, or graveyards, or landmarks. And some are being built again: for the first time in recorded history.
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Historian finds evidence for use of y'all in London from 1600s
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What's the difference between medieval inns, taverns, and alehouses?
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A very interesting video on the phonetics of English regional accents, spoken by a polyglot in the accents
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A History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps podcast: Patrick Gray on Shakespeare
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The history behind Orkney's vote to ‘join Norway’
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Illustrations of madness: James Tilly Matthews and the Air Loom
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The campaign in the desert of North Africa in 1940-1943 mapped
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The advent of sunglasses
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