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In pictures: Celtic art and identity

'The Cricket on the Hearth' published in 1845 by Charles Dickens. (Image by Getty)

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Cats in history: 3 curious tributes

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8 weird and wonderful pictures from the past

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Life of the Week: Andy Warhol

The daily hustle and bustle in the busy fishing port of Newlyn in Penzance, Cornwall, c1870. (Photo by Gibson/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Top 10 historical Cornish words

Elton John sings Candle in the Wind at Princess Diana’s funeral, September 1997. (© Getty)

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'Tomatina' festival in August 1999. (Photo by Müller-Stauffenberg/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Actors in a staging of Shakepeare's 'Macbeth'

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Q&AWhy don't actors refer to the Shakespeare play Macbeth by name?

The front of Shakespeare's birthplace on Henley Street, Stratford-upon-Avon.

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Women wearing unrationed shoe soles during the war

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My favourite place: Dominic Sandbrook

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In pictures: early Victorian photography

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Ancient Syria: A Three Thousand Year History

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Wolf Halls: take a look inside the properties where the new BBC series is filmed

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My favourite place: Miles Russell

Cover of the Voyages Extraordinaires series by the French science fiction writer Jules Verne.

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In pictures: the history of Marvel comic books

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In focus: Aesop and his fables

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Spin the Globe: behind the scenes of the new series

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In pictures: at home in a doll's house

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