Photo of an Edwardian family on sand dunes

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Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett

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Percy Fawcett and the search for the 'Lost City Of Z'

PT Barnum and General Tom Thumb

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The greatest show on earth? The myths of the Victorian freak show

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The cast of Downton Abbey in front of Highclere Castle

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Downstairs in Downton: a guide to the life of an Edwardian servant. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A dinner scene from Downton Abbey, with large candlesticks on the table

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Could you survive an Edwardian dinner party?

The last Russian royal family, Tsar Nicholas II and Tsarina Alexandra and their five children, were shot and bayonetted to death by their Bolshevik guards in the early hours of 17 July 1918. (Photo by Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images)

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Queen Elizabeth II driving her children Prince Charles and Princess Anne at Windsor, 1957. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Why do Brits drive on the left-hand side of the road? Plus 4 other facts about the history of driving in Britain

The Endurance, the ship of Ernest Shackleton

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French writer Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette and husband Willy, photographed c1902. (Photo by Apic/Getty Images)

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Who was the real Colette?

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8 of Britain’s best historical houses and gardens

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The Tibetan plateau lies at an altitude averaging over 4,500 metres above sea level

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Britain’s railways and the Titanic. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Q&AWhy do we say ‘in the limelight’?

Picture depicting the Dogger Bank Incident

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Q&AWhat was the 'North Sea Outrage'?

A photograph of J Meade Falkner, c1915. He "had an extraordinary mind, the type you don't come across often," says Chris de Burgh of the novelist. (Public Domain)

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The RMS Titanic. (Image by Perspectives/Getty Images)

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Toilers of the deep: the lives of Edwardian deep sea fishermen

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The LibraryThe battle of Quebec and the jealousy of a queen. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Thomas Paine on both sides of the Atlantic and the plight of the suffragettes. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Hampton Court and the Amritsar massacre. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The Matchgirls strike and back to 1918. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Scout Troop

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