Users keen on the Tudors can nip from the palace at Hampton Court to a 1560 map of Civitas Londinium, and learn about Thomas Cromwell against the music of madrigals.

ECONOMIST: A multimedia compendium of 2,000 years

Now that the heavy lid of technology has been lifted so we (finally) have ample bandwidth, a multitude of screens (computers, tablets, phones, ultra-thin LED screens), and a cheering audience, it all boils down to a single element that has been with us since troubadours sat down to play madrigals: Great Content.

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