December 2021

Princess Charlotte and Princess Diana

General History

Charlotte and Diana: the parallel lives of two Princesses of Wales whose deaths sent the nation into mourning

Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Wales, (1796-1817), was the only daughter of George IV. Engraving by Henry Thomas Ryall (English, 1811-1867), after an original painting by Alfred Edward Chalon.

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Princess Charlotte of Wales: the original people's princess

Micheal Rosen and Émile Zola

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My history heroMichael Rosen chooses Émile Zola. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alexander the Great dressed as a Byzantine emperor

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The remarkable afterlife of Alexander the Great. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The British Commonwealth of Nations - Together Poster (Photo by Swim Ink 2, LLC/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

20th Century

Why we should remember…The Statute of Westminster

Domenico Fetti painting illustrating a melancholic woman in the early 17th century

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The Anatomy of Melancholy: how Robert Burton helped shape our understanding of the mind. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Unionist leader Edward Carson (centre) and colleagues visit Derry/Londonderry, September 1912 – the month when nearly half a million people signed a “Solemn League and Covenant” to resist home rule

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Resolving the 'Irish Question': 5 key moments on the path to partition. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Michael Wood on a pioneer of photojournalism“We should salute a towering figure in the history of photography”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Illustration of Hereward the Wake, the rebel who rose against William the Conqueror

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Hereward the Wake: the Anglo-Saxon rebel who became William the Conqueror's nemesis

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Irving Finkel“Ghosts were taken for granted as part of everyday Mesopotamian life”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.