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Julia Bradbury's Canal Walks BBC Four Monday 2nd May, 8.30pm Julia Bradbury begins another series of hikes, this time journeying along Britain's manmade waterways. She begins with Thomas Telford's Caledonian Canal, which opened in 1822 and linked the lochs between Fort William and Inverness. It was an epic project that was almost immediately made obsolete by the railway revolution. More TV & radio
May issue out now The latest issue of BBC History Magazine is now on sale. In our new edition Mark Stoyle investigates claims that Prince Rupert, nephew to Charles I and chief cavalry commander for the Royalists during the Civil War, owned a poodle with demonic... Read more... This week's history quiz is a royal weddings special. It's been compiled by historian Tracy Borman who is co-author of The Ring and the Crown: A History of Royal Weddings 1066–2011. Take the quiz...  MAY 2011 (download) Miles Russell explores the mystery of the Roman Ninth Legion, Tara Hamling discusses Elizabethan drama and Paul Addison and Jeremy Crang reveal how British morale held up during the Second World War. Listen to a sample: ADVERTISEMENT The Lighthouse Stevensons BBC Four Thursday 5th May, 9.00pm A documentary that looks at the work of Robert Louis Stevenson's forebears. More TV & Radio The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz – The True Story BBC Four Thursday 28th April, 9.00pm Exploring L Frank Baum's ambition to write a true American fairy tale. More TV & Radio King Stephen by Edmund King John Walker is impressed by a lively narrative of King Stephen's disastrous reign but feels that some questions still remain to be answered. Read more	Royal weddings through history From bridesmaids and kisses to gold and embroidery, we bring you a history of royal weddings. Read more Getting hitched With the royal wedding just around the corner, Snibston Discovery Museum looks at changing fashions in wedding clothes over the past 200 years. Here are some of the pictures on display. Read more Out and about over the royal wedding weekend Find out what's going on in your area over the bank holiday weekend. Read more [view all features] Past laugh Author and journalist Eugene Byrne examines the much-loved writer, physician and philosopher François Rabelais who was known in France for his... Read more History headlines A vial of blood taken from Pope John Paul II days before he died will go on display at the Vatican during his beatification on Sunday 1 May. The vial... Read more What are the origins of the word 'Blighty' when used to describe Great Britain? 'Blighty' is another one of those Indian words that made it into English during the days of the Raj. It comes from… Read more Westminster Abbey, London David Carpenter, professor of medieval history, King's College London nominates Westminster Abbey a place to visit in Britain – 'where an English king brought God on to his side'. Read more

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