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How did people cope with ‘lockdowns’ of the past? And were they really all so productive?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

A survivor's guide to Georgian marriage

Q&AWhat was snuff?

Georgian Britain: sex in high places. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Think pieceOur dangerous devotion to the Second World War. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How the roller skating craze caught Churchill. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

German Jews in WW1. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The East India Company: how a trading corporation became an imperial ruler

Sobriety, royal presents and Victorian-era musings on failure: an unexpected history of New Year. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Bridgerton: ripping up the rulebook on Regency romance. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

2020 Christmas history podcast quiz. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Michael WoodThe story of China. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Charles Dickens: prison reformer, scourge of capitalists, champion of the poor. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Living in fear: the dangers of Victorian London. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Invention or adaptation: what did the Romans really do for us?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

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

"To destroy a library is to erase part of the cultural memory of humankind": Margaret MacMillan on war. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The voices of China: 5 perspectives on an extraordinary past. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

2020: the historians’ verdict. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Inside the Viking mind: the view of the Vikings' world from 5 perspectives. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

9 things you could do with a medieval ass. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Ten things to do with a medieval donkey. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Hunting down the Portland Spy Ring. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

The gay MPs who opposed appeasement. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Q&AWhen did medical practitioners start to be called ‘doctor’?

David Olusoga“The Victorians constructed a great empire of abstinence”. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Cundill Prize-winner Camilla Townsend on global history. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

How dark were the Dark Ages?. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Fishing for gold: how eels powered the medieval economy

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