 Our weekly round-up of history headlines and other interesting things we've read over the past couple of weeks.
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 The winning entry for our March caption competition, featuring none other than Margaret Thatcher.
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 Archive footage from the two previous Olympic Games that were held in London. Posted Fri 18th May, 08:53 · Comments |
 The world's finest history magazine is now available on your iPhone, iPad, Android device and Kindle Fire. Posted Thu 17th May, 15:42 · Comments |
 Paul Lay previews the June issue of History Today. Posted Thu 17th May, 12:20 · Comments |
 Over one millennia of Europe's changing borders wrapped up into a three minute time-lapse video. Posted Tue 15th May, 14:27 · Comments |
 What if Martin Luther had nailed his theses to the church in the digital age...? A cartoon by Rob Murray. Posted Fri 11th May, 10:25 · Comments |
 This month we have questions on Japan's puppet state in Manchuria, Indian self-rule and the 'Grand Old Man' of politics. Posted Thu 10th May, 09:22 · Comments |
 Over one hundred films from the 1940s have been made freely available on the Council's website. Posted Wed 9th May, 10:04 · Comments |
 Charlotte Crow speaks to David Coke about his research into the history of Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. Posted Tue 8th May, 11:11 · Comments |
 Margaret Thatcher became Britain's first female Prime Minister on May 4th, 1979. Some other firsts claimed by those occupying the country's highest office. Posted Fri 4th May, 10:00 · Comments |
 An encyclopaedic app on the entire history of the Second World War, narrated by Dan Snow, impresses. Posted Thu 3rd May, 10:55 · Comments |
 A gallery of objects on display at a major new exhibition at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art. Posted Tue 1st May, 11:50 · Comments |
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Richard Cavendish describes the execution of James Graham, Marquess of Montrose, on May 21st, 1650.
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