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How the South-East Asian peninsula had been shaped before French colonial rule.

About 200 people died and 800 were wounded during the march led by Father George Gapon on 22 January 1905.

Boria Sax finds modern myth-making at work in the apparently timeless legend of the ravens in the Tower.

Bendor Grosvenor reveals for the first time a letter by Queen Victoria, which sheds light on the true nature of her relationship and feelings for her man-servant John Brown.

Jonathan Conlin reads 1066 And All That, a book that served as a point of departure to so many people, seventy-five years after its first publication.

Derek Wilson explores the myths and truths about the famous family, whose fortunes were so closely connected to the Tudor dynasty.

Martin Evans and Emmanuel Godin ask how close was France to becoming a Communist country in the years after the Second World War.

This month marks the 100th anniversary of St Petersburg’s Bloody Sunday. The Manchester Guardian was there, as Charlotte Alston describes.

Anne-Marie Kilday and Katherine Watson explore 18th-century child killers, their motivations and contemporary attitudes towards them.