Dockers unloading wine barrels

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Q&AWhat are the origins of the word ‘shoddy’?

Pregnant woman before giving birth in the 13th century

Medieval

16 things you (probably) didn't know about the rituals behind royal births, from the medieval era to the present day

HMT Empire Windrush arrives at Tilbury Docks

20th Century

Bound for Britain: your guide to the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush

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The merits of meritocracy. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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African Europeans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A depiction of athletes in the torch race, ancient Olympics

Ancient Greece

What were the ancient Olympics like? Take a visit to the Games of 436 BC

A photograph of President John Quincy Adams

Victorian

Q&AWhat’s the oldest photo of a US president?

Colour portrait of Jane Austen (1775–1817) drawn by her sister Cassandra. Dated 1810. (Photo by Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Georgian

Jane Austen: a guide to her life, books and death – plus 8 fascinating facts

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"Make love not midnight snacks": a social history of slimming clubs. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Boat diplomacy: Froissart's 'Chronicles' show Richard II acceding to many of the rebels' demands at Mile End, 14 June 1381. The speed with which the rebels flooded London wrong-footed the king's advisors. (Photo by Alamy)

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Revealed: the true identity of the rebels of the Peasants' Revolt. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

General Modern

UFO history10 top sightings and a timeline

Prisoners exercise and play sport in the courtyard of the Fleet Prison, circa 1872

General Modern

Timeline: a history of prisons in Britain

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Why are we living longer than our ancestors?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A page of the Codex Borbonicus, an Aztec folding book painted around the time of the Spanish invasion

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What can the Aztecs tell us about themselves? The secrets of their 'indigenous annals'. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A 19th-century engraving depicts a member of the crew of the 'Mignonette'

Victorian

Cannibalism at sea: the starving Victorian sailors who ate a cabin boy

Apartheid road sign

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Your guide to apartheid in South Africa. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Blackface: a brief history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The Statue of Liberty in New York. (Photo by Gary Hershorn/Getty Images)

General Modern

QuizAmerican history

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Madness, property and power: the strange case of Mary Davies. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Portrait of Carlo Broschi (stage name Farinelli), the most famous opera singer of the 18th century. (Photo By DEA/A. DAGLI ORTI/De Agostini/Getty Images)

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Castrated Georgian opera stars: the stars of the 18th century. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

'Sanditon' - an adaption of Jane Austen's unfinished novel of the same name – is currently airing in the UK on ITV. Pictured: Clara Brereton (played by Lily Sacofsky), Esther Denham (Charlotte Spencer), Lady Denham (Anne Reid) and Edward Denham (Jack Fox). (Photo by RED PLANET/ITV)

Georgian

Your guide to Sanditon, Jane Austen’s last unfinished work

A red herring on a plate

Georgian

Q&AWhy do we say ‘red herring’?

A portrait of Napoleon

Georgian

Napoleon: a life in 10 objects

A statue of the Roman emperor Augustus in Augsburg, Germany. (Image by Alamy)

Roman

The fall of Roman Britain: how life changed for Britons after the empire

A cartoon of Napoleon and King George III.

Georgian

Q&AHow tall was Napoleon Bonaparte?

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Prohibition: everything you wanted to know. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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Britain’s great postwar party. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Alcohol is poured away into a New York sewer during the prohibition era, c1920

20th Century

QuizProhibition: how much do you know about the US ban on booze?

The death of Wat Tyler', 1859. Tyler was a leader of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt in England, which saw a group of rebels march on London to oppose the institution of a poll tax and demand economic and social reforms. He was killed by officers loyal to King Richard II during negotiations at Smithfield, London. (Photo by Print Collector/Getty Images)

Medieval

Your guide to the Peasants' Revolt of 1381

Zdeněk Burian’s painting from 1952 offers a sympathetic portrayal of Neanderthals practising cannibalism. Self-assurance, even contentment, emanate from “It appears as a calm response to death, rather than murderous carnage,” writes Rebecca Wragg Sykes. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/Mansell/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images)

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Neanderthal in the mirror: our changing perceptions of these ancient humans. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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