… but English covering the last lessons of History? (4)
I believe the answer is:
lore
'lessons of history?' is the definition.
'lore' can be an answer for 'history?' (I've seen this in another clue). I am not certain of the 'lessons of' bit.
'but english covering the last' is the wordplay.
'but english' becomes 'lor' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'covering' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go on top of others).
'last' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'the' is 'e'.
'lor'+'e'='LORE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for lore that I've seen before include "Wisdom" , "Tales of old" , "Role for learning" , "Traditional knowledge" , "Traditional belief" .)