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Johannes Vermeer's 'View of Delft’, 1661. (Photo by Buyenlarge/Getty Images)

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My favourite place: Delft, Netherlands

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In the central image, leading Fifth Monarchists are executed on 19 January 1661 following the bloody failure of their uprising. Their leader, Thomas Venner, was hanged, drawn and quartered. (Photo by The Print Collector/Getty Images)

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A 1954 advertisement for Cooper's Y-Front. (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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German astronomer Johannes Kepler c1620. (Photo by Rischgitz/Getty Images)

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The astronomer and the witch: Johannes Kepler’s fight to save his mother from execution

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Charles II entering London in May 1660 following the restoration of the monarchy. (Photo by Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

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Clare Jackson"Charles II had to appeal to public opinion more than his predecessors did". This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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A giant leap for mankind: William Harvey reveals the circulation of the blood

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A portrait of Babur, founder of the Mughal dynasty which ruled over much of India from 1526 to 1858. (Photo by DeAgostini/Getty Images)

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The Hall of Mirrors at Versailles. (Photo by Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)

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The Romanovs, 1913: Nicholas II with his wife and children. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

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Sex, scandals and betrayals: Charles II and his court

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Q&AWho executed King Charles I?

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Tixall Gatehouse, Staffordshire. (Photo by The Landmark Trust)

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Portrait of Oliver Cromwell. This is one of several replicas of a portrait by Sir Peter Lely. Cromwell is supposed to have said: “I desire you would use all your skill to paint your picture truly like me… but remark all these roughness, pimples, warts and everything as you see me. Otherwise, I will never pay a farthing for it.”

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Why do we say 'warts and all'?

Ruthven Barracks

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Inishbofin, Ireland

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My favourite place: Inishbofin, Ireland

A portrait of the writer and antiquarian John Aubrey

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