Christmas 2025

Bright pink background with two large overlapping circles. In the left circle, an older woman with a bright pink bob haircut smiles warmly at the camera. She wears bold blue eye makeup, a colorful patterned jacket in pink and yellow, and a chunky metallic statement necklace. In the right circle, a sepia-toned vintage photograph shows a younger woman with short dark hair in profile, holding a cigarette to her lips and looking off to the side with a serious expression

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"She was like an angel – albeit one with claws": Zandra Rhodes chooses Adel Rootstein (1930–62) as her history hero. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A photograph showing two Asian women, one dressed in white robes sitting in a chair, leaning over with her arm around the other, crouched on the floor wearing blue jeans and a purple top

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The Bengal Famine was one of the 20th century's greatest tragedies – so why is there no memorial to it?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration showing two bearded men in a wooden boat with oars, on a blue river, surrounded by jungle, with animals poking out the trees. The man at the back of the boat is holding an umbrella in one hand and a wooden crucifix in the other

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Uncontacted peoples: why do nearly 200 groups choose to live outside 'civilisation'?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From Churchill to Vietnam: protests that changed the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A purple and blue illustration shows a young woman in a long dress with frilly sleeves, holding a red book. Around her, there is a pirate ship and a man dressed in white robes, sitting crossed-legged on a rug

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In 1756, a young Englishwoman was taken hostage by Barbary pirates. This is her story. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A black and white photograph of a man and a woman close together. The man has his arms around the woman and they are both in stage dress: her in a long dress and him with a ruff and feathered hat

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Keep calm and carry on singing: why Britons fell in love with opera during World War Two. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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From krakens to serpents: 5 fearsome sea monsters from history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A sketch showing a woman surrounded by men. One man is putting a hood over her head and another is reading from a book next to her

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These are four of the most brutal Victorian murders. Were women really the perpetrators?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An illustration shows two old bearded men, one in red shorts and a red Santa hat and the other in green shorts and a wreath headband in a boxing ring

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Father Christmas v Santa Claus: the centuries-long battle for Britain's chimneys. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sex, slavery and royal scandal: how Jane Austen's novels exposed a darker side of Georgian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.