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Conclave 1559: Ippolito d’Este and the Papal Election of 1559 by Mary Hollingsworth captures the gruelling voting and the arduous politicking.

‘Curating is a powerful form of history-telling.’

Reinterpreting George III’s reputation.

Alcohol was an integral part of diplomacy in early modern Russia.

In 1822 a badly abused donkey became the first animal to receive justice in a British court.

In the 1950s Mills & Boon’s medical romances helped make the NHS more appealing to an ambivalent British public. 

The 12-year-old Jesus reveals his divinity for the first time at the Temple of Jerusalem.

Remember, remember, the fifth of November... four historians consider the extraordinary longevity of the Bonfire Night celebration and the memory of Guy Fawkes.