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Hugh Miles assesses the significance of the Piltdown hoax.

The succession of conflicts known as the Hundred Years War ended on October 19th, 1453, when Bordeaux surrendered, leaving Calais as the last English possession in France.

Marika Sherwood reveals the state of our knowledge – and ignorance – about a period of our multi-racial past.

Robin Evans extols the outstanding success of 1588: not the defeat of the Spanish Armada but the publication of the Welsh Bible.

To what extent did Christians support Hitler, and for what reasons?

Graham Goodlad asks if the media did more to support or to challenge politicians during the last century.

F.G. Stapleton examines the role played by the armed forces in the government of the Second Reich.

Robert Pearce introduces the man who has been called ‘the George Washington of Poland’.

Michael Partridge charts the changing political views of the Grand Old Man of 19th-century British politics.

Once seen as doing too little to avert the depression and characterised as ‘Silent Cal’, the reputation of US President Calvin Coolidge is changing.