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Everyday life in a slave trading town. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Inside Venice’s Jewish ghetto. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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"In the 1640s, people searched for the devil’s followers”: hunting witches in the Civil War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sit together in an open carriage, smiling and waving to crowds following their wedding at Windsor Castle in May 2018. Harry wears military uniform, while Meghan wears a white wedding dress and veil.

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From Nell Gwyn to Meghan Markle: 9 romances between actors and royals. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Fooling around in front of royalty: the extraordinary escapades of Europe's female jesters. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Sex and the Stuarts: inside 17th-century London's most notorious brothel. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Edward Colston: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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350 years ago, drinkers were given the choice to save their homes or their pub. Their choice might shock you

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"It was like going out naked": Which common accessory did Tudors dare not leave the house without?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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The secret plot to end Scottish independence. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Johannes Vermeer: life of the week. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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16 of the worst monarchs in history

A detailed engraving shows William Shakespeare with wavy shoulder‑length hair, a mustache and trimmed beard, and an earring in his left ear. He wears a collared shirt and a textured doublet with decorative trim, set against a softly shaded background.

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"Let the sky rain potatoes!": the hidden meanings behind Shakespeare's food obsession. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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What happened to Shakespeare's daughters? A guide to the playwright's family life and descendants

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Prophetesses & she-preachers of the 17th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Over 70 observers watched this Stuart queen give birth. Why did they still doubt the baby was real?

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In post-medieval Scotland, two specific crimes reveal the challenges faced by ordinary women

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The many faces of James VI & I. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Uprising: the Civil Wars untangled. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This 15th-century 'Zodiac Man' illustrates how each sign of the zodiac was thought to govern a different part of the human body. Such images helped shape early modern astrology, which blended medieval medical theory with renewed interest in celestial influence. Astrological medicine guided decisions from diagnosis to bloodletting, reflecting a world in which the heavens were seen as active forces in human health and destiny.

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How do you cope with living in a century of chaos? By learning how to predict the future

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Who stole the Tudor crown?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This late 16th-century portrait by John de Critz depicts Sir Francis Walsingham (c.1532–1590), Queen Elizabeth I’s spymaster. A shrewd diplomat and master of espionage, Walsingham built the intelligence network that helped safeguard the Tudor state from plots and foreign threats.

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Elizabeth I’s shadowy spy network was tasked with uncovering secret conspiracies. Here’s what it found

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Remember, remember: the legacy of the Gunpowder Plot. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Crystal balls & contacting angels: predicting the future in early modern England. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

This 1605 print depicts Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot, a failed Catholic scheme to blow up the Houses of Parliament during the state opening by King James I.

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420 years ago, a deadly conspiracy to kill Britain’s king nearly succeeded. What if it had worked?

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What if the Gunpowder Plot had succeeded?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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How the Gunpowder Plot unravelled. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Who laid the fuse for the Gunpowder Plot?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Beyond the podcastThe Gunpowder plot

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Bandits & blasphemers: crime in 17th century Scotland. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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