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Guy Fawkes
Who was Guy Fawkes? And what was his involvement with the 'Gunpowder Plot' 1605. Find out why every 5th of November there have been firework displays and bonfires to remember this event.
Home to 1,000 years of government records, from Domesday to the present day. Trace your family tree or browse through history.
Shakespeare is the world's most famous playwright. Only three of his signatures survive, see one here.
This gruesome letter claims to be from the infamous, Victorian serial killer.
The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 was a world disaster. Read the last telegram it ever sent.
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