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The 1888 Matchgirls strike: how a group of East End women changed British labour history

Bulldog burners and dungboys: classifying occupations in British censuses (1841-1911). This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Do we have to be ‘Team Catherine’ or ‘Team Anne’ when it comes to Henry VIII’s wives?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Who was King Alfred the Great?

Tudors in love: what were the dynasty's romantic secrets?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ira Aldridge: Shakespeare’s black Othello

Q&AWhat was clog fighting?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

7 weird and wonderful Georgian beauty treatments. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Gulielma Lister: the female botanist who became the queen of slime moulds. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Beans, ale & 'windy meats': surprising 17th-century aphrodisiacs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Danny Robins' paranormal cold casesAlanbrooke Hall, Belfast. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Supernatural stories: 9 unusual British folktales. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Saul David“It was astonishing bravery – and cold-blooded bravery, too”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prehistoric religion: a pagan riddle we will never solve?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Jujitsu suffragettes: how women fought for the vote with an ancient martial art. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dick Whittington, the Loch Ness Monster and a talking mongoose: 8 mythical figures of British history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Dinosaur dung billionaires: the Victorian 'gold rush' for fossilised faeces. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A West Indian immigrant in 1960s Britain: A real lonely Londoner. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How ethnically diverse was Roman Britain?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWho was the original king of the castle and who was the dirty rascal?

First World War

Edith Cavell: how the executed British First World War nurse became a symbol of peace

George III: why his reputation as the mad king who lost America needs to be re-evaluated. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ada Lovelace: a visionary of computing

Hold your noses: the smells, sounds and sights of Elizabethan England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Your guide to King Charles II, the ‘merry monarch’

Unexpected Edwardians. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

John Dee: Elizabethan 007, scientist, magician and spy

Q&AWas there a real Blackadder?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Walking a dangerous road: women's safety on the streets. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Like father, like son: Richard Plantagenet and Richard III

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