May 2024

The 1924 British Empire Exhibition showcased industry close to home, as well as in the far-flung reaches of the empire. Here, Belfast ropeworkers show off the fruits of their labour. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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The British empire’s last hurrah? Why an epic celebration of imperialism in 1924 failed to mask a superpower in decline. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ludwig van Beethoven (Photo by Lebrecht Music & Arts/Alamy)

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How Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony has been an ode to peace around the world. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

An aerial view of the River Brathay winding through the Lake District landscape towards Elter Water, surrounded by green fields and woodland. Sunlight illuminates the hills and colourful foliage, with mountains rising beneath clouds in the distance.

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The second Norman conquest: how William Rufus captured a forgotten kingdom. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Tituba of Salem, in a 19th-century illustration (Photo by The Granger Collection/Alamy)

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5 things you (probably) didn’t know about the history of witchcraft. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Victorian women gossip at the opera (Photo by Bridgeman Images)

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Sex, sadism and sugared death: 8 scandals that rocked Victorian Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Votive altar with relief decoration showing procession of servants

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The Invisible Romans: how the brutal lives of the enslaved shaped an empire. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Zeinab Badawi (Photo by Jamie Simonds)

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Zeinab Badawi on writing the history of a whole continent | “It is important to look at African history through the lens of African people themselves”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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My history heroSteve Backshall chooses Alfred Russel Wallace. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A diorama of London houses, churches and shops carved into the walls of Wellclose Gaol

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Georgian art attack: graffiti in 18th-century Britain. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ben Willbond as Henry VIII

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“It’s rare that a television show actually changes people’s lives”: 15 years of Horrible Histories. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.